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verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of steel
nounsteeling (plural steelings)
plural steelings
- A strengthening with, or as if with, steel.
Alas against such terrors as this all steelings of the heart are absolutely useless.
1968, Francis Stewart Leland Lyons, John Dillon: a biography, page 191 more example
The joints of the toggle mechanism are equipped with steelings of special hardened steel, and are of ample dimensions to withstand the great pressure exerted in embossing or coining.
1951, The Australasian Engineer, page 163
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steeling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steeling
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