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ironwork

WordNet
Trees on a horizon. In the front a fence with decorative ironwork.
Trees on a horizon. In the front a fence with decorative ironwork.
  1. (n) ironwork
    work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc) "the houses had much ornamental ironwork"
Illustrations
Three designs for ironwork with leaf and flower motifs.
Three designs for ironwork with leaf and flower motifs.
Three designs for ironwork with leaf and flower motifs, garlands and vases.
Three designs for ironwork with leaf and flower motifs, garlands and vases.
Two designs for ironwork with garlands and round elements. The top design on a round arch.
Two designs for ironwork with garlands and round elements. The top design on a round arch.
Ornamented ironwork, eight pilasters and two balcony railings.
Ornamented ironwork, eight pilasters and two balcony railings.
Worker in ironworks, going to the left, with a pot containing a molten metal.
Worker in ironworks, going to the left, with a pot containing a molten metal.
Designs for ornamented ironwork. Four stair gates and three balcony gates in the middle.
Designs for ornamented ironwork. Four stair gates and three balcony gates in the middle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Ironwork
    Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) ironwork
    Objects and parts of objects made of iron, as locks and keys, utensils, parts of a building, of a vessel, or the like: as, ornamental ironwork.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Ironwork
    the parts of a building, &c., made of iron: anything of iron: a furnace where iron is smelted, or a foundry, &c., where it is made into heavy work
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. iren; Ger. eisen.

Usage in the news

Roy Koch shakes the hand of ironworkers during one of the largest strikes in Hong Kong in the past century. kpbs.org

Whether you're an athlete, a stay-at-home mom or an ironworker, don't skimp on the quality of your footwear. sentinelnews.com

Lionel Johnston is a retired ironworker who cares deeply about our environment. sanluisobispo.com

An ironworker watches as a crane lifts a load of construction supplies at the World Trade Center transportation hub recently in New York. toledoblade.com

The plaintiff, 42, was working as an ironworker on a construction project. masslawyersweekly.com

A Gilbertsville native, he was a retired ironworker for Local 782 in Paducah. tribunecourier.com

Frank Graves II of Rockdale Forge Ironwork in Martinsburg WV hammers Friday afternoon at the Fall Mountain Heritage Ars & Crafts Festival near Charles Town. herald-mail.com

In this Dec 16, 2010, file photo, an ironworker connects a steel plate to a column at One World Trade Center in New York. sltrib.com

After ironworker Kevin Kennedy was seriously injured on the job, his wife and four daughters asked George for help with their underdeveloped backyard . nbcsandiego.com

A Belleville man who was the former business manager of a Jersey City ironworkers union admitted accepting a $10,000 cash bribe in federal court today, and now faces up to five years in prison. nj.com

AET is one of three companies in the ironworks industrial park in Beloit. ifr.com

Salem Township Constable Dan Valentine said he is still working leads on the bridge ironworks stolen from the Watkins property in the 37000 block of state Route 344 about two weeks ago. morningjournalnews.com

FRANKLIN SQUARE — Salem Township Constable Dan Valentine said he is still working leads on the bridge ironworks stolen from the Watkins property in the 37000 block of state Route 344 about two weeks. salemnews.net

The plaintiff, a 49-year-old ironworker foreman, was transporting a beam down a ramp using a lull on a renovation construction project. masslawyersweekly.com

On September 20, 1932, high above 41st Street in Manhattan, 11 ironworkers took part in a daring publicity stunt. smithsonianmag.com

Usage in literature

They are lying quite close to each other, near some brass cannons and a lot of rusty ironwork. "A Memory Of The Southern Seas" by Louis Becke

The ironwork is worthy of the choir. "Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul" by Arthur Dimock

They were to go up stream to the Village Island, where the ironworkers of the Akasava had many curious implements to show her. "The Keepers of the King's Peace" by Edgar Wallace

As Gourlay stood at his gate he pondered with heavy cunning how much he might charge Templandmuir for bringing the ironwork from Fleckie. "The House with the Green Shutters" by George Douglas Brown

Every one of us had a turn at the ironwork. "The Brassbounder" by David W. Bone

Great ironworks occupy it. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5" by Various

The design, from 1519, harmonizes splendidly with the ironwork facing it. "Cathedrals of Spain" by John A. (John Allyne) Gade

ST. CALIXTUS' chapel is enclosed on the side of the choir aisle by part of the beautiful ironwork from Beckington's tomb. "Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells" by Percy Dearmer

The smiths hammered hard at the nails and other ironwork. "The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)" by Bernal Diaz del Castillo

On closer inspection the ironwork itself was hammered out into a florid landscape of pagodas, mandarins and dragons. "Carnival" by Compton Mackenzie