ironwork

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 […]

   • 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 - […] .

2. (countable, dated) An ironworks.

Translations

anything made of iron

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: железни предмети (železni predmeti) Chinese: Mandarin: 鐵製品／铁制品 (tiězhìpǐn) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: ijzerwerk (nl) n Finnish: rautaesine, rautakoriste French: ferronnerie (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Eisenzeug (de) n (rare), Eisenarbeit (de) f (art), Gusseisen (de) n (Cast iron), Schmiedeeisen (de) n (Wrought iron) Italian: ferrame m Portuguese: ferragem (pt) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: herraje (es) m

See also

• ironworks

References

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