"shear steel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shear steels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shear steel (countable and uncountable, plural shear steels)
  1. A steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shear_steel-en-noun-wbvfQrxr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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