bloomery

[ bloo-muh-ree ]

/ ˈblu mə ri /

Metalworking. a hearth for smelting iron in blooms of pasty consistency by means of charcoal.

Origin of bloomery

First recorded in 1575–85; bloom² + -ery

When a Catalan forge is employed in making blooms, it is called a bloomery.

Popular Technology; Volume 2 |Edward Hazen
Above Parkamoor Beck bloomery is Parkamoor—the sheep farm on the moor.

The Book of Coniston |William Gershom Collingwood
A bloomery fire does not require more than 2000 acres of woodland, while a blast furnace will use the charcoal of 5000.

The American Quarterly Review |Various
An hour later when his regiment came down into Bloomery Gap, he found the colonel and made his report.

The Long Roll |Mary Johnston

This was the first time he had been thus summoned since that unlucky winter evening at Bloomery Gap.

The Long Roll |Mary Johnston

bloomery

/ (ˈbluːmərɪ) /

a place in which malleable iron is produced directly from iron ore