Meanings
adjectivepresteel (not comparable)
- not comparableBefore steel.
He made his fortune during the presteel era of Pittsburgh's development — the period before Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick — beginning in the 1820s and 1830s with a start in pharmaceuticals and white lead.
2001, William Alan Blair, William Pencak, Making and Remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War, page 107
Origin
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APA
presteel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presteel
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“presteel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presteel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presteel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presteel.
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