# loup

Pronunciation: US say "LOOP" /luːp/; UK

## Noun

1. A mass of iron in a pasty, semi-solid state gathered into a ball, ready to be worked under a trip hammer or through rolls.
   - Simple: A lump of hot, soft iron rolled into a ball to be shaped under a heavy hammer.
   - _Workers dragged the white-hot loup to the trip hammer for its first squeezing._
   - _The forge turned out several loups a day, each beaten into shape while still soft._

## Origin

Borrowed from German "Luppe," meaning a lump of iron.

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