box iron

American  

noun

1. a flatiron that is heated by inserting live coals or a piece of hot metal in its boxlike holder.

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Etymology

Origin of box iron

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

Mr. Auld, I see by his article, used a spirit lamp under a glass jar to form a drying chamber while blowing; but I have myself found a "box iron" a most convenient arrangement.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu