pos>n.. A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid. [ obsolescent ] Knight. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Kruppized p. pr. & vb. n. Kruppizing. ] (Metal.) To treat by, or subject to, the Krupp process. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

pos>n. (Iron Metal.) (a) A process practiced by Friedrich Krupp, Essen, Germany, for washing pig iron, differing from the Bell process in using manganese as well as iron oxide, and performed in a Pernot furnace. Called also the Bell-Krupp process. (b) A process for the manufacture of steel armor plates, invented or practiced by Krupp, the details of which are secret. It is understood to involve the addition of chromium as well as nickel to the metal, and to include a treatment like that of the Harvey process with unknown variations or additions. The product is mentioned by some authors, as improved Harvey, or Harvey-Krupp armor plate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]