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

In the south, too, hoop iron or whalebone is used for runner shoeing.

From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon

A piece of hoop iron is bent to a ring, that will fit over the cylinder, and riveted.

From The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial by Hawaii. Dept. of Foreign Affairs

And the same may be said of the scaffold poles or the hoop iron in the wheelwright's yard.

From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold

He pointed to a piece of hoop iron, as he spoke, which had been nailed round the blade of the oar to prevent it from splitting.

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

A piece of hoop iron was nailed to it at the bottom, on which the cake rested—not horizontally, but opposite the fire.

From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William