Plural of 'forging'; metal objects that have been shaped by heating and hammering, or instances of creating such objects.
From 'forge' (from Latin 'fabrica,' a workshop) plus '-ing' suffix (creating a gerund or noun), then pluralized with '-s.' The word has been used since at least Middle English.
Medieval blacksmiths produced countless forgings—swords, tools, horseshoes—by heating metal in a forge until it glowed and then hammering it into shape. Every bridge, every gate, every tool required a blacksmith's forgings, making these craftspeople essential to civilization.
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