soft steel

American  

noun

1. mild steel.

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Etymology

Origin of soft steel

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Radus began by building an unusually strong magnet, a slice of ceramic material sandwiched between flat plates of soft steel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Swords rode on their hips, singing their soft steel song as they rattled in their scabbards.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

A bolt may be used instead of the wire, but the wire loses its magnetism much quicker than a soft steel bolt would.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)

Another notable invention of the time was the process of engraving on soft steel.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

A person who has not tried this method of cutting out soft steel would not believe with what facility pieces can be shaped.

From Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous