A kind of harpoon with a detachable head of peculiar shape, used in catching swordfish.

(nautical) A special kind of harpoon, usually secured just below the gunwale of a whaleboat.

(basketball, slang) To hit the rim. / (Ice hockey, slang) To hit the cross bar or one of the posts.

plural of tire iron

A miner's pickax or hack. / A chisel or similar tool for cutting metal, as wire, into nails.

plural of hack-iron

(Australia) Any of various eucalypts of eastern Australia known for their hard wood.

A blunder that occurs as the result of a strenuous effort to avoid it, such as spilling a drink because one is concentrating on not doing so.

plural of ironic error

plural of lofting iron