English Explanatory Dictionary

sweet iron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cold-rolled steel as a material used for a horse's bit.

Word forms

sweet iron

Etymology

From the claim that the rust on an iron bit makes it taste sweet to the horse.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary