steel-faced

American  

[steel-feyst] / ˈstilˈfeɪst /

adjective

1. having the front or outer surfaces covered with or characterized by steel.

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Etymology

Origin of steel-faced

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

While John Deere sold a steel-faced plow as early as 1838, it was James Oliver’s improvements to the device in the late 1860s that transformed life for homesteaders.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

The bruising-hammer is steel-faced, about 4 inches square, and 1-1/2 inch thick.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

The zinc plate on which Mr. Lansil's little etching, given in this volume, is executed, was steel-faced.

From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime

When we read modern advertisements of "cheap gentlemen's traveling bags" or "steel-faced carpenters' claw hammers," we may construe such phrases with a latitude which was not permitted to the Algonkins.

From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)

Zinc plates can be steel-faced, but the facing cannot be renewed, as it cannot be removed.

From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime