Meanings
adjectivewrought-iron (not comparable)
- not comparablemade from wrought iron
The cars, of which there were five, were four-wheelers seating 32, and had wrought-iron railings round the end platforms.
1954 November, P. W. Gentry, “The Lambourn Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 7411 more example
On February 24, 319379 crosses the wrought-iron Carr Mill Viaduct with Northern's 1515 Liverpool Lime Street-Wigan North Western service, viewed from a spillway for the reservoir.
2023 May 31, “Feature Pictorial”, in RAIL, number 984, page 57, photo caption
Translations
German schmiedeeisern
- schmiedeeisernmade from wrought iron
Portuguese de ferro forjado
- de ferro forjadomade from wrought iron
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