ironwork

English

Etymology

From iron +‎ -work

Noun

ironwork (countable and uncountable, plural ironworks)

1. (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 […]

2. (countable, dated) An ironworks.

Translations

anything made of iron

• Bulgarian: железни предмети (železni predmeti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵製品／铁制品 (tiězhìpǐn), 铁制品 (tiězhìpǐn)

• Finnish: rautaesine, rautakoriste
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• Italian: ferrame m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• ironworks

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.