/sher"euhr duyz'/ , v.t., sherardized, sherardizing . Metall.
to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
Also, esp. Brit., sherardise .
[ 1900-05; after Sherard Cowper Coles (d. 1936), English inventor; see -IZE ]