ironware
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ironware
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at iron, ware 1
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Other local specialties include a form of traditional ironware known as Nambu Tekki, and apples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
Unlike their competitors, the Darbys refused to make cannon during the Napoleonic wars and instead concentrated on domestic ironware, which proved a more lucrative industry than weapons.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2010
I also like to move the pendulum off center, and then I weld on all sorts of ironware to give it shape and expression.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its purpose is to employ artist-draughtsmen to visit collections of U. S. antiquities, make careful drawings of furniture, chests, ironware, pottery, costumes, etc., for distribution to schools and colleges.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lead glazing, which is frequently employed on crockery and ironware in the manufacture of cooking utensils, may also be detected in the same manner.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
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