ironworker
(ˈaɪənˌwɜːkə(r))
One who works in iron; one engaged at ironworks.
| 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 583/2 Ferrarius, an yreworchere or an yremongere, or a ferrour. 1882 Ouida Maremma I. 151 The ironworkers of Follonica beating the ore of Elba into shape. 1889 Boy's Own Paper 7 Sept. 779/2 That picturesque town of ironworkers. |
So ˈiron-ˌworked ppl. a., worked in iron, of wrought iron; ˈiron-ˌworking vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1730 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 231 An Iron⁓work'd Desk for y⊇ Bible. 1846 C. G. Prowett Prometh. Bound 33 On thy left hand the iron-working tribe. 1874 Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 499 Apparatus for iron⁓working is not yet represented in the laboratories. 1895 Daily News 23 Sept. 7/4 Increased strength has been imparted to the iron-working branches by the further advance this week in unmarked iron. 1897 M. Kingsley W. Africa 324 The other iron-working West Coast tribes. |