a place in which malleable iron is produced directly from iron ore
bloomery in American English
(ˈbluːməri)
nounWord forms: plural-eries
Engineering
a hearth for smelting iron in blooms of pasty consistency by means of charcoal
Word origin
[1575–85; bloom2 + -ery]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: conventional, cusp, energy, magazine, stripper-ery is a suffix of nouns denoting occupation, business, calling or condition, place orestablishment, goods or products, things collectively, qualities, actions, etc. Otherwords that use the affix -ery include: archery, cutlery, fishery, trickery, witchery