"act of pressing and smoothing clothes with a heated flat-iron," 1725, verbal noun from iron (v.). Ironing-board attested from 1762.
there was a basketful of ironing to do
iron curtain
iron-bound
ironclad
iron-gray
ironic
ironing
ironmonger
iron-on
irons
ironside
ironstone
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