Zagel

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Zagel (disambiguation) .

Zagel is a technical term from iron processing and describes a piece of fresh , still viscous iron that is processed in an ironworks .

Lupp , Zagel and Schirbel are names for iron at a specific point in time during processing: Zagel is extracted from the Lupp by pressing out the slag , from which Schirbel is in turn.

The original meaning of Zagel , common in Middle High German, was "tail".

literature

• Max Winter : With the slaves of the «Alpine» .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zagel. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . 16 volumes in 32 sub-volumes, 1854–1960. S. Hirzel, Leipzig ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).