low brass

1. 1.

   brass with 30% (or less) zinc

   Broaderbrass

Questions about low brass

What does low brass mean?

low brass means "brass with 30% (or less) zinc".

Is low brass a common word?

low brass is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.