ironwork
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English
Etymology
From Middle English ironwerk, irynwerk, equivalent to iron + -work.
Noun
ironwork (countable and uncountable, plural ironworks)
- (uncountable) Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
- 2001, A. J. Youngson, The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders, page 352:
- The gate itself has sideposts of rustic stonework, each topped by a large Baroque vase; these sideposts are joined by elaborate floral ironwork with a coat of arms and a coronet in the centre […]
- 2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Kettering”, in RAIL, number 972, page 56:
- But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […] .
- (countable, dated) An ironworks.
Translations
anything made of iron
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See also
References
- “ironwork”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “ironwork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.