rolling mill

noun

1. a mill where ingots, slabs, sheets, etc., of usually hot metal are passed between rolls to give them a certain thickness or cross-sectional form.
2. a machine or set of rollers for rolling out or shaping metal.

rolling mill

noun

1. a mill or factory where ingots of heated metal are passed between rollers to produce sheets or bars of a required cross section and form
2. a machine having rollers that may be shaped to reduce ingots, etc, to a required cross section and form

Word History and Origins

Origin of rolling mill¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

The first steam rolling mill, with the exception of the one at Soho, was put up at Bradley ironworks.

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William E. Beall, superintendent of the Uniontown rolling mill, was born at this old tavern.

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The rolling mill must have come, not only before the modern steam-boiler, but even before the modern plow could be made.

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When actual rail-making for railroads began, the rolling mill raised its powers to meet the emergency.

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The old man that I worked with when I first entered the rolling mill was gray with his sixty years of toil.

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