hoop iron

American  

noun

1. iron in the form of thin strips for bonding masonry, holding barrels together, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of hoop iron

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

A bit of hoop iron forms a convenient blade, and is sharpened by being hammered into notches along one edge, using the sharp end of a hammer head.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

He then tried the bit of hoop iron, which would not strike fire at all; and after that the back of the axe, with no better success. 

From The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

The more modern practice is to heat a piece of rusty hoop iron red hot and to rub a cut lemon on it, and then to apply the rust-stained juice as a mild escharotic.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil

Let us take a flat rod of ordinary hoop iron, 30 or more centimeters in length.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

When the cistern is used the top frame is lifted up, and the stays put into the notches, in two pieces of hoop iron, fixed to the bottom frame.

From Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction by Braidwood, James