hoop iron

noun

1. iron in the form of thin strips for bonding masonry, holding barrels together, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoop iron¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

With the aid only of the imperfect published descriptions and sketches of the locomotives which had taken part in the Rainhill competition in England, Mr. Baldwin undertook the work, and on the 25th of April, 1831, the miniature locomotive was put in motion on a circular track made of pine boards covered with hoop iron, in the rooms of the Museum.

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The more modern practice is to heat a piece of rusty hoop iron red hot and to rub a cut lemon on it, and then to apply the rust-stained juice as a mild escharotic.

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Mostly every tradesman in the town was employed; the carpenters in making boxes, the smiths in strapping them round with hoop iron.

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To secure the latter result a blunt dibber may be used, marked at the required depth with a cross-piece nailed on, or a piece of hoop iron that can be slid up or down to any particular depth.

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An additional funnel, a dummy one made out of canvas stretched on a framework of hoop iron and wood, was set up.

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