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ironing, vbl. n.|ˈaɪənɪŋ|
[f. iron v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb iron.
1. a. The pressing and smoothing of clothes, cloth, etc., with a heated iron.
c1710C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 7 Mr. Newbery..would keep no women servants—had all washing, Ironing, dairy and all performed by men. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxiv, A strong smell of ironing pervaded the little passage. 1885Manch. Exam. 9 Sept. 3/1 Equal to the task of instructing a laundress in the ironing of a table⁓cloth.
b. attrib., as ironing blanket, ironing board, ironing machine, ironing room, ironing stool, ironing table.
1810E. Weeton Let. 25 Feb. in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 232, I flew into the servants' hall for the ironing blanket. 1854Mrs. Gaskell North & S. (1855) I. iv. 44 Dixon had complained that the ironing-blanket had been burnt again.
1843New Mirror 8 Apr. 4/2 Swapped away for a wash-bench or an ironing-board. 1876H. E. Scudder Dwellers in Five-Sisters Court iii. 52 Nicholas will have to carry the ironing-board for her. 1928–9T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall & Winter 391/4 Ironing Board Cover..padded with wadding..fits any regulation-sized board. 1969E. H. Pinto Treen 151 Ironing boards..are found in a variety of shapes and sizes, for skirts,..trousers,..and sleeves. 1972Guardian 30 June 7/7 This superb new Milium Ironing Board Cover..is scorch resistant. 1972Sci. Amer. Dec. 48/3 The development of fine glass yarns..has brought glass fibers into such products as bedspreads and covers for ironing boards.
1759Colebrooke in Phil. Trans. LI. 44 An ironing box, charged with an hot heater.
1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. ix. 79 The little table stood out before the fire, covered with an ironing-cloth.
1817H. Lee (title) Poetic Impressions,..including the Washing Day, Ironing Day, Brewing Day, Quarter Day, and Saturday.
a1877Knight Dict. Mech. II. 1203/2 Ironing-machine, one for ironing clothes, etc. 1962Which? June 170/1 We should like to hear from members who have bought a dishwashing machine or an ironing machine during 1960 or 1961.
1894E. Banks Campaigns of Curiosity 195 The one large room..should be divided into..three apartments; wash-house, sorting-room, and ironing-room. 1906Westm. Gaz. 5 July 2/1 The hooded fireplace of the ironing-room. 1962Guardian 3 Dec. 4/7 Mothers come..to enjoy working in the little ironing room.
1878Mrs. Stowe Poganuc People xxv. 268 Will seized her off the ironing stool and, perching her on his shoulder, danced round the table.
1840Dickens Old C. Shop x, The poor woman was still hard at work at an ironing-table. 1911F. B. Jack Woman's Bk. 273/1 The Ironing Table.—This must be of a good size, strong, and steady, and of a convenient height for working at. Ibid. 273/2 In addition to the ironing table, a smaller one for placing the work on will be found a great convenience if space permits. 1959Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring & Summer 966/2 Ironing Table Designed for stand-up and sit-down ironing. 1974J. Frazer Catal. 739/1 Ironing surface 36{pp} × 13{pp} All-metal ironing table..{pstlg}4.50.
2. The putting (of persons) in irons. rare.
1820Examiner No. 650. 620/1 The dungeonings and ironings of Reformers.
3. The action of fitting or arming with iron.
¶4. As a perversion of irony: see iron v. 4. |