sherardize means to coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From Sherard + -ize.
verb
- To coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc.