clothing iron

• clothing-iron (rare)

clothing iron (plural clothing irons)

1. Synonym of clothes iron.
   • 1909 October 7, Jacob Engel, “Public Sale”, in The Herington Times, volume XXI, number 14, Herington, Kan.: W. H. Smith, →OCLC, page [9], column 4:

     I will at public sale at my residence, […] the following property, to-wit: […] 1 set of clothing irons; […]

   • 1958, Bruce O[mer] Watkins, “Change of Resistance with Temperature”, in Electrical Engineering Fundamentals, Scranton, Pa.: International Textbook Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, chapter 3 (Resistance and Conductance), page 39:

     A copper wire used as a temperature-measuring device in a clothing iron has a resistance at 20 C of 50 ohms.

   • 2012 July 12, A[ssociated] P[ress], “Advocate condemns attorney comments in abuse case”, in Tipton County Tribune, volume 122, number 164, Tipton, Ind., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 1:

     Police records say she then went to a shelter for domestic violence victims, limping, gaunt and covered in scars, including a burn shaped like a clothing iron.

   • 2016 August 31, Tony Perrottet, “In Boulder, Where Inner Peace Meets Outer Beauty”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 August 2016:

     We followed a trail into the Flatirons, soaring triangular crags that were named for their resemblance to Victorian-era clothing irons.

   • 2020 August, Asato Asato [pseudonym; Toru Asakura], translated by Roman Lempert, “Deaf to the Songbirds’ Lament”, in 86—Eighty-Six, volume 5, New York, N.Y.: Yen On, →ISBN:

     Part of a Mascot’s role is to function as a maid, after all. Albeit they do not yet let me touch the clothing iron, claiming it to be too dangerous.