fettling

[ fet-ling ]

noun

, Metallurgy.

1. the material with which the hearth of a puddling furnace is lined, usually a dolomite or refractory mixture.

fettling

/ ˈfɛtlɪŋ /

noun

1. a refractory material used to line the hearth of puddling furnaces Also calledfettle

Word History and Origins

Origin of fettling¹

First recorded in 1860–65; fettle + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He is getting his saddle altered: fettling about this and that; does not consider what danger he is in.

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What did the unrevealed God matter, when a man had a young family that needed fettling for?

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I have heard the people here talk of "fettling" the hearth when they mean "clean up."

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