Coslettize

English

Alternative forms

• coslettize, Coslettise, coslettise

Etymology

From Coslett +‎ -ize. Named after British chemist Thomas Watts Coslett, who developed an early phosphate coating technique.

Verb

Coslettize (third-person singular simple present Coslettizes, present participle Coslettizing, simple past and past participle Coslettized)

1. (transitive, dated, metallurgy) To apply a coating of phosphate to the surface of (iron or steel) to protect from corrosion.

   Hypernym: phosphatize

   Coordinate term: parkerize

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “Coslettize”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.