Puddler
[pʌdlә]
Definition
(noun.) a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling.
Editor: Rae--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.
Checked by Clifton
Examples
- Successive charges may be made, and at the proper time the puddler is rotated, slowly at some stages and faster at others, until the operation is completed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The invention of mechanical puddlers, hereinafter referred to, consisting chiefly of rotating furnaces, were among the beneficent developments of the nineteenth century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Theresa