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

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hoop iron

“Ay, lad,” replied Jack, “but there’s a bit of hoop iron at the end of it, and that may be of much use to us.”

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

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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

An additional funnel, a dummy one made out of canvas stretched on a framework of hoop iron and wood, was set up.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

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 Basil Thomson

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 Richard Threlfall