Pressed with a heated iron to remove wrinkles from fabric, or smoothed out a problem.
From Old English 'iren' or 'isern,' related to Germanic roots for the metal. The verb 'to iron' is a direct use of the tool's name to describe its function.
The humble clothes iron is one of history's most underrated inventions—it transformed how people dressed and became so important that 'ironing' became a major weekly chore for centuries. Now with wrinkle-resistant fabrics, ironing is nearly extinct, showing how fast technology can make old skills obsolete.
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