Etymology

ironwork

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Today it means: Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration. Full definition →

Middle English ironwerk
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromironwerk
  2. English todayironwork

From Middle English ironwerk, irynwerk, equivalent to iron + -work.

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