Most three-letter abbreviations are initialisms: all the letters are pronounced as the names of letters, as in APA /ËeÉªpiËËeÉª/ AY-pee-AY. The Jargon File also mentions the abbreviation ETLA for extended three-letter acronym to refer to four-letter acronyms/abbreviations.  2 Extended three-letter acronym is sometimes abbreviated to XTLA.
Definition of PUDDLING. : the process of converting pig iron into wrought iron or rarely steel by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances. ADVERTISEMENT.Nglish: Translation of puddling for Spanish speakers.weet. : the process of converting pig iron into wrought iron or rarely steel by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances.
1 In Europe it was found that wrought iron could be produced indirectly from cast iron made in a blast furnace. One of the most widely used such indirect methods, called the puddling process, was developed by Henry Cort of England in 1784.