SHOT TOWER


Meaning of SHOT TOWER in English

a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.

[ 1810-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .