ancony

English

Etymology

Unknown. Compare French encrenée (“iron twice heated and hammered”).

Noun

ancony (plural anconies)

1. A piece of malleable iron that is wrought into the shape of a flat bar, about three feet long, with a square rough unwrought knob on each end.

References

1728, Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.

Anagrams

• Canyon, canyon