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Webster 1913 Edition


Ironwork

I′ron-workˊ

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Ironwork

I'RONWORK

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Noun.
A general name of the parts or pieces of a building which consist of iron; any thing made of iron.

Definition 2024


ironwork

ironwork

English

Noun

ironwork (uncountable)

  1. 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 []

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  • ironwork in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • ironwork in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913