pig bed
noun Metallurgy.
a bed of sand for molding pigs into which molten metal is poured.
Origin of pig bed
First recorded in 1815–25
Words nearby pig bed
piezometry,
pif,
piffle,
piffling,
pig,
pig bed,
pig boiling,
pig dog,
pig fern,
pig in a poke,
pig iron
British Dictionary definitions for pig bed
pig bed
noun
a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast