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Definition of Hammer throw
1. Noun. An athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible.
Definition of Hammer throw
1. Noun. An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hammer Throw
Literary usage of Hammer throw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Athletic Training by Michael C. Murphy (1914)
"CHAPTER XV THE hammer throw WE are indebted to the Irish and the Scotch for this
event. It was developed there and then transported to this country, ..."
2. Apples of Istakhar by William Lindsey (1895)
"THE hammer throw WE are the children of the strong god, Thor; We hurl his hammer
through the hollow sky; No task is this for feeble hands to try; ..."
3. The Athlete's Garland: A Collection of Verse of Sport and Pastime by Wallace Rice (1905)
"THE hammer throw. WE are the children of the strong god, Thor; We hurl his hammer
through the hollow sky; No task is this for feeble hands to try: This is ..."
4. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1900)
"Two Brown records were broken, the hammer throw and the discus throw. ...
Wason won second in the hammer throw, but was protested on account of having been ..."
5. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"This is exactly like the field for the hammer throw or shot put. All rules, fouls,
order of ... The usual form is some- hat similar to the hammer throw. ..."
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