Blacksmith Meaning
/ˈblæk.smɪθ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who forges iron.
nounA person who shoes horses.
Sentence Examples
It's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith.
This city's in need of a blacksmith.
CEFR Practice Quiz
At the medieval fair, a ____ used a heavy hammer to shape red-hot iron.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ hammered the red-hot iron on his anvil to make a horseshoe.
Word Origin & History
From black (color of forged iron) + smith (related to smite).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases."
— 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
"Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft."
— 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
"Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge."
— 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Hambleden:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the medieval fair, a ____ used a heavy hammer to shape red-hot iron.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ hammered the red-hot iron on his anvil to make a horseshoe.