galvanized iron

American  

noun

1. iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.

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galvanized iron British  

noun

1. building trades iron, esp a sheet of corrugated iron, covered with a protective coating of zinc

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Etymology

Origin of galvanized iron

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Building contractors brought in shiploads of imported materials—prefabricated structures, steel columns, clapboards, concrete blocks, iron pillars and galvanized iron sheets—as well as hundreds of laborers from elsewhere.

From Scientific American • Mar. 25, 2020

In 1936, Grote Reber, who was an amateur astronomer interested in radio communications, used galvanized iron and wood to build the first antenna specifically designed to receive cosmic radio waves.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The original “Porte-bouteilles,” a galvanized iron rack for drying bottles, was bought by Duchamp in 1914 at the Grand Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville department store in Paris.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2016

While the debt discussion was in progress Mrs. Coolidge watered the flowers about the house with an ordinary galvanized iron bucket.

From Time Magazine Archive

The natives were shown galvanized iron, and said they had never seen any before; if their countrymen had any, it must have come from the whalers; none like it was found in the wrecks.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold