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Definition of Rammer
1. Noun. A tool for driving something with force.
Definition of Rammer
1. n. One who, or that which, rams or drives.
Definition of Rammer
1. Noun. A device used to ram, a ramrod. ¹
2. Noun. One who rams. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rammer
1. one that rams [n -S] - See also: rams
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rammer
Literary usage of Rammer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Volunteer's Hand Book: Containing an Abridgment of Hardee's Infantry by James Kendall Lee (1861)
"Draw-rammer. [Three motions.] One. Half draw the rammer by extending the right
arm ; steady it in this position with the left thumb; grasp the rammer near ..."
2. A Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced: Materials, Construction, and by Frederick Winslow Taylor, Sanford Eleazer Thompson (1905)
"Mr. Rafter and Mr. Daniel F. Fulton have designed a rammer based on the ...
In heavy mass work I prefer this same form of rammer to the ordinary type, ..."
3. General Foundry Practice by Andrew McWilliam, Percy Longmuir (1907)
"The purpose of the wedge-shaped pegging rammer is to tuck or press the sand into
the interstices of the patterns. Flat rammers, such as В in fig. ..."
4. U. S. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by United States War Dept (1863)
"Draw—rammer. One time and three motions. 160. (First motion.) Half draw the rammer
by extending the right arm; steady it in this position with the left ..."
5. Military Bridges: Including, Also, Designs for Trestle and Truss Bridges for by Hermann Haupt (1864)
"The rammer consists of a block of wood, with pins, li inch in diameter, driven
in the ... The rammer-block may be about 1 foot in diameter, and 3 feet long. ..."
6. Military Bridges: With Suggestions for New Expedients and Constructions for by Hermann Haupt (1864)
"The rammer consists of a block of wood, with pins. 1i inch in diameter, driven
in the ... The rammer-block may be about 1 foot in diameter, and 3 feet long. ..."
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