Ironfounding

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The activity of founding iron in an iron foundry. uncountable

    "The directors of the Great Northern Railway selected Doncaster as the site for the company's locomotive, carriage and wagon works in 1851, because of its proximity to extensive coalfields and ironfounding centres."

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"The directors of the Great Northern Railway selected Doncaster as the site for the company's locomotive, carriage and wagon works in 1851, because of its proximity to extensive coalfields and ironfounding centres."

Etymology

From iron + founding.

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