ironware
(ˈaɪənwɛə(r))
A general name for all light articles made of iron; hardware.
| 1447–8 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 399 Iren steel Nailles and iren ware. Ibid. 401 Iren Steel ferment neyles and Irenware. 1523 Fitzherb. Surv. 1 b, The yron ware as barres, bandes, hokes, boltes, staples or latches. 1675 Cotton Scoffer Scoft 112 To get him make their Iron⁓ware Sword, Trident, Sickles, Gieves. |