galvanizing, vbl. n.
(ˈgælvənaɪzɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb galvanize; the process of galvanizing (iron).
| 1860 Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 12 This operation, which is called galvanising, entirely prevents the iron from rusting. 1883 Pall Mall G. 14 Nov. 12/2 Industries in which women are largely employed—that is to say, chain-making, brick-making, and the galvanizing of iron. 1891 Engineer 4 Sept. 199 The zinc is electropositive to the iron, and its corrosion takes place while the iron is protected; this circumstance gave rise to the use of the word ‘galvanising’. |
| attrib. 1854 Dickens Hard T. (1868) 2 He seemed a galvanizing apparatus, too. |