1837 21 June 396/2 The ease with which immense bars are cut off by huge iron shears, almost staggers credibility.
1914 19 Feb. 332/1 The Missouri supreme Court decided that an assistant in the operation of iron shears assumed the risk of stumbling while walking near the machine.
1987 28 662 A smith from the late 19th century had many tools and machines not available to earlier craftsmen—iron shears, mechanical blowers, post drills, reliable hacksaws.