gal-iron

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

gal-iron (uncountable)

(Australia, colloquial) Galvanized iron.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 12:
  She eliminated those lonely treeless farmhouses with the sun beating on their shining gal-iron roofs.

Anagrams

garlion, groinal, rangoli, ringoal

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