IRONWORK

ironwork

(noun) work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc); “the houses had much ornamental ironwork”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ironwork (countable and uncountable, plural ironworks)

(uncountable) Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.

(countable, dated) An ironworks.

Source: Wiktionary


I"ron*work`, n.

Definition: Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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