sherardize

American  

[sher-er-dahyz] / ˈʃɛr ərˌdaɪz /

especially British, sherardise

verb (used with object)

Metallurgy.

sherardized, sherardizing

1. to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.

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sherardize British  

/ ˈʃɛrəˌdaɪz /

verb

1. metallurgy to coat (iron or steel) with zinc by heating in a container with zinc dust or (of iron or steel) to be coated in this way

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Other Word Forms

• sherardization noun

Etymology

Origin of sherardize

1900–05; after Sherard Cowper Coles (died 1936), English inventor; -ize