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ironwork

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i·ron·work  (rn-wûrk)
n.
Work in iron, such as gratings and rails.

ironwork
Noun
work done in iron, esp. decorative work
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Noun1.ironworkironwork - work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc); "the houses had much ornamental ironwork"
piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"

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Lofty pillars formed of cannon, superposed upon huge mortars as a base, supported the fine ironwork of the arches, a perfect piece of cast-iron lacework.
The doors had been torn from their hinges and removed; the linings had been stripped off, only a shred hanging here and there by a rusty nail; the lamps were gone, the poles had long since vanished, the ironwork was rusty, the paint was worn away; the wind whistled through the chinks in the bare woodwork; and the rain, which had collected on the roofs, fell, drop by drop, into the insides with a hollow and melancholy sound.
Besides, even if he had tried to do it, he would have brought all that ironwork down to the ground.
 
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