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trompe

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trompe  (trmp)
n.
An apparatus in which water falling through a perforated pipe entrains air into and down the pipe to produce an air blast for a furnace or forge.
[French, from Old French, trumpet; see trump2.]
trompe [trɒmp]
n
(Engineering / Metallurgy) an apparatus for supplying the blast of air in a forge, consisting of a thin column down which water falls, drawing in air through side openings
[from French, literally: trumpet]
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