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ironwork

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ironwork
1. work done in iron, esp decorative work
2. the craft or practice of working in iron
ironwork
Objects or parts of objects made of cast iron or wrought iron; initially utilitarian, later often elaborate and ornamental; Also see cast-iron lacework.
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Lofty pillars formed of cannon, superposed upon huge mortars as a base, supported the fine ironwork of the arches, a perfect piece of cast-iron lacework.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
The doors had been torn from their hinges and removed; the linings had been stripped off, only a shred hanging here and there by a rusty nail; the lamps were gone, the poles had long since vanished, the ironwork was rusty, the paint was worn away; the wind whistled through the chinks in the bare woodwork; and the rain, which had collected on the roofs, fell, drop by drop, into the insides with a hollow and melancholy sound.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
Besides, even if he had tried to do it, he would have brought all that ironwork down to the ground.
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