gray iron

American  

noun

1. pig iron or cast iron having much of its carbon in the form of graphite and exhibiting a gray fracture.

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Etymology

Origin of gray iron

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

To enter 732 S. Vermont Ave., you must carefully shove open a rusted gray iron gate until a gap large enough for you to slide through sideways appears.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2022

Above the dark gray iron, stone walls formed the North Tower.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

They told us we could not cast gray iron by our endless chain method and I believe there is a record of failures.

From My Life and Work by Ford, Henry

Face set in a fighting mask and eyes hard as gray iron, deeper and deeper he drove his now irresistible forces.

From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar

Clutching the dwarfs' work then, Clutching the bullock's shell, Girding gray iron on, Forth fared the Winils all, Fared the Alruna's sons, Ayo and Ibor.

From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Kingsley, Charles