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puddled

puddled

9.9
Iron made by an old heating process to remove impurities
  • adjective
  • /ˈpʌdld/
  • Archaic
translation icon : hierro puddlado
  • In the 1800s, factories produced puddled iron to meet the growing demand for railways.

Examples

  • The puddled iron was of high quality.

  • A sample of puddled metal was displayed in the museum's industrial section.

  • The bridge was constructed using puddled iron beams for extra strength.

  • After the puddling process, the metal became puddled.

  • The blacksmith used puddled iron to forge the new tools.

  • After the puddling process, the iron was free from impurities and suitable for use.

  • The artist preferred to work with puddled metal to achieve a finer finish in her sculptures.

Surface Forms

puddled positive

Morphology

puddled = puddle (opaque) = puddle + ed

Although morphologically 'puddle' + '-ed', the sense is technical (metallurgical) and not inferable from the everyday meaning 'small pool'.

Etymology

Puddled in metalwork comes from the verb puddle, a process of heating and stirring iron to remove 'impurities' and make it stronger. So puddled iron is iron that has been cleaned and improved by that stirring process.