malleable iron

American  

noun

1. malleable cast iron.

2. wrought iron.

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malleable iron British  

noun

1. Also called: malleable cast iron.  cast iron that has been toughened by gradual heating or slow cooling

2. a less common name for wrought iron

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Etymology

Origin of malleable iron

First recorded in 1815–25

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malleable iron

The industry uses 60% of the country's synthetic rubber, 50% of its malleable iron, 33% of its zinc, 25% of its steel and 17% of its aluminum.

From Time Magazine Archive

It soon became the biggest Southern producer of malleable iron castings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The industries of Coatbridge produce malleable iron, boilers, tubes, wire, tinplates and railway wagons, tiles, fire-bricks and fire-clay goods.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

The principal industries of Branford are the manufacture of malleable iron fittings, locks and general hardware, the quarrying of granite, and oyster culture.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

They united in building a malleable iron foundry and a knife works, so that they could use better materials at a lower cost.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Herbert Newton Casson