steel-faced

American  

[steel-feyst] / ˈstilˈfeɪst /

adjective

1. having the front or outer surfaces covered with or characterized by steel.

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Etymology

Origin of steel-faced

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

While John Deere sold a steel-faced plow as early as 1838, it was James Oliver’s improvements to the device in the late 1860s that transformed life for homesteaders.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

From the hall came, the rich muffled chimes of a steel-faced Sheraton clock.

From The Princess Galva A Romance by Whitelaw, David

To a water-tight, fire-proof, angle-iron, sunk-hinge, time-lock, steel-faced Lie!

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

When we read modern advertisements of "cheap gentlemen's traveling bags" or "steel-faced carpenters' claw hammers," we may construe such phrases with a latitude which was not permitted to the Algonkins.

From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)

The bruising-hammer is steel-faced, about 4 inches square, and 1-1/2 inch thick.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius