n. Anything made of iron, or consists largely of it, especially when used for decoration.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Objects and parts of objects made of iron, as locks and keys, utensils, parts of a building, of a vessel, or the like: as, ornamental ironwork.
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n. work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
Word Usage
"The place is crammed with sacks, bags, boxes, parcels and goods mixed together, such as ironwork for agricultural machines, and in a corner lies a rick-cloth smelling strongly of tar like the rigging of a ship."