ironclad (redirected from Ironclads)

i·ron·clad  (rn-kld)

adj.

1. Sheathed with iron plates for protection.

2. Rigid; fixed: an ironclad rule.

n.

A 19th-century warship having sides armored with metal plates.

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ironclad

Adjective

1. covered or protected with iron: an ironclad warship

2. unable to be contradicted: ironclad proof

Noun

History a large wooden 19th-century warship with armoured plating

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ironclad - a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war
Adj.	1.	ironclad - sheathed in iron plates for protection sheathed - enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination; "his sheathed sword"; "the cat's sheathed claws"; "a ship's bottom sheathed in copper"; "copper-sheathed"
	2.	ironclad - inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule" brassbound inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"