rapping bar
Founding
noun
A pointed iron bar for loosening patterns from moulds, which is inserted vertically into a hole in the pattern and caused to vibrate by being struck with a hammer.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Lockwood's Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering.
- catch it (catch hell)
- catchlight
- catchline
- catchment
- catchment area
- catch on
- catch one's breath
- catch one's death (of cold)
- catch (or get a) sight of
- catchpenny
- catchphrase
- catch points
- catch sight of
- catch someone in the act
- catch someone napping
- catch someone out
- catch someone's eye
- catch someone up
- catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down
- catch someone with their trousers down
- catch some (or a few) Zs
- catch something up
- catch the light
- catch the sun
- catch up