sheffield

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Definition of sheffield in English English dictionary

A city in Yorkshire, England

(Konuşma Sanatı) City and metropolitan borough (pop., 2001: 513,234), South Yorkshire, England. It is situated at the foot of the Pennines. An Anglo-Saxon village that became the site of a castle and parish church early in the 12th century, it has been known for its cutlery since medieval times. By 1700 it had a monopoly of the English cutlery trade, and it remains the centre of the industry today. It developed a steel industry from the mid-19th century, and several metallurgical innovations, including the process for making stainless steel, originated there. In 1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in its Norman castle (now in ruins)

a city in South Yorkshire in the north of England, famous for making tools, steel, and cutlery (=knives, forks, and spoons) , although most of its old industry has now closed down. Sheffield is the home of the National Centre for Popular Music. City and metropolitan borough (pop., 2001: 513,234), South Yorkshire, England. It is situated at the foot of the Pennines. An Anglo-Saxon village that became the site of a castle and parish church early in the 12th century, it has been known for its cutlery since medieval times. By 1700 it had a monopoly of the English cutlery trade, and it remains the centre of the industry today. It developed a steel industry from the mid-19th century, and several metallurgical innovations, including the process for making stainless steel, originated there. In 1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in its Norman castle (now in ruins)

a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry

Related Terms

Sheffield stand

A type of bicycle stand consisting of a single inverted U-shaped metal bar that is mounted onto or embedded into the ground

Sheffield plate

Articles made of copper coated with silver by fusion. The technique was discovered 1742 by the Sheffield (Yorkshire, Eng.) cutler Thomas Boulsover, who noted that the combination of fused silver and copper retained the ductility of both metals and acted as one when manipulated. Other workshops in Britain, continental Europe, and North America also produced cooking and eating utensils of Sheffield plate. After the introduction of electroplating in 1840, production of Sheffield plate declined; by the 1870s it had all but disappeared. Admired for its soft, glowing gray lustre, Sheffield-plate ware soon came to be prized and collected

Hyphenation

Shef·field

Turkish pronunciation

şefild

Pronunciation

/ˈsʜefēld/ /ˈʃɛfiːld/

Etymology

() Old English for 'open land by the river Sheaf'.

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