red-short

[ red-shawrt ]

adjectiveMetallurgy.
  1. brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.

Origin of red-short

1
1720–30; <Swedish rödskört, neuter of rödskör, equivalent to röd red + skör brittle

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