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cabbling

cabbling noun: the process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, so that the pieces can be reheated and wrought into bar iron.

Noun

cabbling (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, so that the pieces can be reheated and wrought into bar iron.
    • The pieces of iron obtained by cabbling are then heated in another furnace almost to fusion, hammered down into shape, and ultimately drawn out into bar-iron.1850, John Weale, Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture, etc., page 71
    • Finery iron is smelted with charcoal, and when a soft mass of about two hundredweight is formed it is hammered out into a flat oval from two to four inches in thickness; this is allowed to cool, and is then broken up into small pieces, which is the process of cabbling or scabbling.1878, Robert Hunt, Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, volume 1

Questions about cabbling

What does cabbling mean?
Cabbling means the process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, so that the pieces can be reheated and wrought into bar iron.
What part of speech is cabbling?
Cabbling is a noun.

Words near cabbling in the dictionary

  1. cabbing
  2. cabbins
  3. Cabbiri
  4. cabbit
  5. cabbits
  6. cabbling
  7. cabby
  8. Cabcabon
  9. Cabdella
  10. cabdriver
  11. cabdrivers

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