ironwork

From iron +‎ -work

ironwork (countable and uncountable, plural ironworks)

1. (uncountable) Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
   • 2001, A. J. Youngson, The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders (page 352)

     The gate itself has sideposts of rustic stonework, each topped by a large Baroque vase; these sideposts are joined by elaborate floral ironwork with a coat of arms and a coronet in the centre […]

2. (countable, dated) An ironworks.

• ironworks

• ironwork in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ironwork in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.