flat-ironn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflat-iron.

a. An iron with a flat face for smoothing linen, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements

pressing iron1343

cold press1552

setting-stick?1578

putter1583

putting stick1583

poking-stick1592

pooter1596

poting stick1600

poker1604

goose1606

poking-iron?1606

iron1613

smoothing-iron1627

steel1638

box iron1640

smoothing-boxa1684

press iron1695

ironing board1721

sad iron1759

ironing blanket1774

ironing table1778

flat-iron1810

sleeve-board1826

ironer1833

Italian iron1833

press-board1849

ironing machine1851

goffering-iron1861

skirt-board1861

goffer1865

trouser press1880

ironing board cover1886

trouser presser1888

electric iron1890

press cloth1918

press-pad1924

tie press1926

steam-iron1951

pressing board1969

1810 Sporting Mag. 35 78 A certain flat iron, which she..held in her hand.

1845 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Family I. viii. 113 [She] attacked a small collar somewhat savagely with a flat-iron.

b. A kind of boat (see quot. 1961).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific overall shape

butterbox1840

cigar-ship1869

flat-iron1886

toothpick1897

pig1898

1886 Outing 8 58/1 There are..the ‘pumpkin~seed’, and the ‘flat-iron’ models.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 18 Aug. 5/2 Steaming down Southampton Water at half-past seven in the ‘Albion’, a craft which yachtsmen are fond of designating a ‘flat-iron’.

1959 Times 16 Mar. (Suppl., Port of London) p. viii/3 At Battersea, a strange craft may be seen... This is a ‘flat-iron’, a coastal collier bringing fuel to the power stations and gasworks.

1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 90 Flat-iron. Any vessel of shallow draft, abnormally wide in the beam, and with low upper~works.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations esp. applied to a building, from its triangular shape.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [noun]

quadrangle1596

rotund1606

rotundo1614

camera1633

rotunda1648

tholosc1660

umbrella1680

octagon1767

round tower1790

cone1791

flat-iron1862

tetragon1884

tempietto1896

tetrapylon1904

igloo1956

shoebox1968

1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 370 Huge wooden triangular frames, like flat-iron stands.

1866 ‘J. Larwood’ & J. C. Hotten Hist. Signboards xiv. 468 The house being wedgeshaped, has an entry at each side. Such a house in London is often called by the vulgar a ‘Flat-iron’.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 878/2 Flat-iron heater, a stove specially adapted for heating smoothing-irons, a laundry-stove.

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 16/2 Flat-iron, a corner public house.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 8 June 2/1 The Flatiron Building, it seems, did not exhaust all the possibilities of ingenuity in skyscraper construction.

1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 76 Then you will hit the Flat-iron Building and flatten it out.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Sept. 677/3 A ‘flat-iron’ building is monotonous in a sense in which the Escorial is not.

Derivatives

ˈflat-iron v. to smooth with a flat-iron.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > press or iron

set1530

press1555

pote1600

poke1606

smooth1617

iron?1670

goffer1706

steel1746

goose1808

streak1823

flat-iron1865

fuller1880

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxxii. 314 Her features levelled themselves into a plane of benignity, as if they had been suddenly flatironed.

ˌflat-ˈironing n. (in quot. figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing

ironing1688

goffering1846

flat-ironing1879

pressinga1911

iron1922

press1932

1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. I. 113 She is not the sort of woman to be put down by any of your flat-ironing processes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	flat-iron
释义	flat-ironn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflat-iron. a. An iron with a flat face for smoothing linen, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements pressing iron1343 cold press1552 setting-stick?1578 putter1583 putting stick1583 poking-stick1592 pooter1596 poting stick1600 poker1604 goose1606 poking-iron?1606 iron1613 smoothing-iron1627 steel1638 box iron1640 smoothing-boxa1684 press iron1695 ironing board1721 sad iron1759 ironing blanket1774 ironing table1778 flat-iron1810 sleeve-board1826 ironer1833 Italian iron1833 press-board1849 ironing machine1851 goffering-iron1861 skirt-board1861 goffer1865 trouser press1880 ironing board cover1886 trouser presser1888 electric iron1890 press cloth1918 press-pad1924 tie press1926 steam-iron1951 pressing board1969 1810 Sporting Mag. 35 78 A certain flat iron, which she..held in her hand. 1845 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Family I. viii. 113 [She] attacked a small collar somewhat savagely with a flat-iron. b. A kind of boat (see quot. 1961). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific overall shape butterbox1840 cigar-ship1869 flat-iron1886 toothpick1897 pig1898 1886 Outing 8 58/1 There are..the ‘pumpkin~seed’, and the ‘flat-iron’ models. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 18 Aug. 5/2 Steaming down Southampton Water at half-past seven in the ‘Albion’, a craft which yachtsmen are fond of designating a ‘flat-iron’. 1959 Times 16 Mar. (Suppl., Port of London) p. viii/3 At Battersea, a strange craft may be seen... This is a ‘flat-iron’, a coastal collier bringing fuel to the power stations and gasworks. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 90 Flat-iron. Any vessel of shallow draft, abnormally wide in the beam, and with low upper~works. Compounds attributive and in other combinations esp. applied to a building, from its triangular shape. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [noun] quadrangle1596 rotund1606 rotundo1614 camera1633 rotunda1648 tholosc1660 umbrella1680 octagon1767 round tower1790 cone1791 flat-iron1862 tetragon1884 tempietto1896 tetrapylon1904 igloo1956 shoebox1968 1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 370 Huge wooden triangular frames, like flat-iron stands. 1866 ‘J. Larwood’ & J. C. Hotten Hist. Signboards xiv. 468 The house being wedgeshaped, has an entry at each side. Such a house in London is often called by the vulgar a ‘Flat-iron’. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 878/2 Flat-iron heater, a stove specially adapted for heating smoothing-irons, a laundry-stove. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 16/2 Flat-iron, a corner public house. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 8 June 2/1 The Flatiron Building, it seems, did not exhaust all the possibilities of ingenuity in skyscraper construction. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 76 Then you will hit the Flat-iron Building and flatten it out. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Sept. 677/3 A ‘flat-iron’ building is monotonous in a sense in which the Escorial is not. Derivatives ˈflat-iron v. to smooth with a flat-iron. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > press or iron set1530 press1555 pote1600 poke1606 smooth1617 iron?1670 goffer1706 steel1746 goose1808 streak1823 flat-iron1865 fuller1880 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxxii. 314 Her features levelled themselves into a plane of benignity, as if they had been suddenly flatironed. ˌflat-ˈironing n. (in quot. figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing ironing1688 goffering1846 flat-ironing1879 pressinga1911 iron1922 press1932 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. I. 113 She is not the sort of woman to be put down by any of your flat-ironing processes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1810
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