ferro-concrete
(ˌfɛrəʊˈkɒnkriːt)
[ferro-.]
= armoured concrete or reinforced concrete. Also as adj., composed or constructed of ferro-concrete.
| 1900 G. L. Mouchel Brit. Pat. 8831, This invention relates to building blocks, caissons, piers,..and analogous structures, and it has for its object to employ in the manufacture, construction, or erection of such structures suitable forms of ‘ferro-concrete’ i.e. concrete having embedded in it a strengthening metal skeleton or framework. 1907 [see concrete n. 3]. 1914 Scotsman 12 Oct. 8/7 The tall white ferro-concrete telegraph posts lining many of the main roads. 1928 Oxf. Poetry 42 Fierce ferro-concrete blares, On Woolworth, on! 1957 London Mag. Feb. 73 As a result their poems are integrated constructions that look like towers of ferro⁓concrete. |