The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nickel steel
Nickel steel \Nickel steel\ A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc.
Wiktionary
nickel steel
n. (context chemistry industrial English) steel that contains approximately 6% of nickel, increasing its strength
WordNet
nickel steel
n. an alloy steel containing nickel
Usage examples of "nickel steel".
Her hard suit wasnt affected and the tractors nickel steel body merely discolored.
Her hard suit wasn't affected and the tractor's nickel steel body merely discolored.
Meghann said after she parted the sliding doors to the study and saw Vinny, comfortably perched in his boss's leather armchair, snorting one neat line of cocaine off the triangular black lacquered wood and nickel steel desk.