noun
Etymology: steel (III)
: a bronze of about 92 percent copper and 8 percent tin hardened by compression and used as a substitute for steel in making guns — called also Uchatius bronze
noun
Etymology: steel (III)
: a bronze of about 92 percent copper and 8 percent tin hardened by compression and used as a substitute for steel in making guns — called also Uchatius bronze
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012