ironwork

English

Etymology

From iron +‎ -work

Noun

ironwork (uncountable)

Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
- 2001, A. J. Youngson, The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders (page 352)
  The gate itself has sideposts of rustic stonework, each topped by a large Baroque vase; these sideposts are joined by elaborate floral ironwork with a coat of arms and a coronet in the centre […]

Translations

anything made of iron

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵製品, 铁制品 (tiězhìpǐn)
Finnish: rautaesine, rautakoriste

Italian: ferrame m
Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

ironworks

References

ironwork in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
ironwork in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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