noun.
Anything made of iron, or consists largely of it, especially when used for decoration.
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noun.
work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
Word Usage
"Another black coating for ironwork, which is really a lacquer, is obtained by melting ozokerite, which becomes a brown resinous mass, with a melting-point at 140° F."