italian iron
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Goffering is done with an Italian iron, but it is not suitable for narrow or very delicate frilling, as it produces a stiff effect."
- "Very little has been written about the history of goffering irons, and no examples of this early period have been identified in English museums. Most of what is known is to be found in Lindsay (p. 36 and figs. 194-206), who notes that the tools were also known as tally irons—a corruption of “Italian irons,” whence the process is thought to have come."
Inflected Forms
Italian irons (plural)
Synonyms
tally iron
goffering iron