bick-iron

[ bik-ahy-ern, bik-ern ]

noun

1. the tapered end of an anvil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bick-iron¹

1660–70; alteration (by association with iron ) of earlier bickern for bycorne two-horned anvil < Latin bicornis two-horned ( bicorn ); meaning perhaps influenced by Middle French bigorne in same sense