hoop iron

Our supply of the last-named did not last long, and several of the party used strips of hoop-iron in their stead.

There is as great a demand for hoop-iron here as for tobacco at Port Moresby.

Meantime the digger had uncovered two wooden boxes, each eighteen inches long or so, bound with hoop-iron and sealed.

So it is usually confined in a small dome-shaped cage of hoop-iron with an iron floor.