wrought iron

noun
1.
a form of iron, almost entirely free of carbon and having a fibrous structure including a uniformly distributed slag content, that is readily forged and welded.
Origin
1670-80
Related forms
wrought-iron, adjective
Examples from the web for wrought iron
  • Installation standards for steel and wrought iron pipe.
  • It is proposed to replace spindle fence and distressed hedge with wrought iron fence.
  • Post tops shall be steel, wrought iron or malleable iron.
  • Both the armature bars and the flat bars consisted originally of wrought iron, which was fairly supple.
British Dictionary definitions for wrought iron

wrought iron

noun
1.
  1. a pure form of iron having a low carbon content and a fibrous microstructure. It is made by various processes and is often used for decorative work
  2. (as modifier): wrought-iron gates