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ironclad

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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.
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
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Noun1.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"


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I began to compare the things to human ma- chines, to ask myself for the first time in my life how an ironclad or a steam engine would seem to an intelligent lower animal.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
Then, too, a number of cars were apt to arrive late in the day, now that the roads were blocked with snow, and the packers would buy their cattle that night, to get them cheaper, and then would come into play their ironclad rule, that all cattle must be killed the same day they were bought.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
Now it was rumoured the British had an overwhelming gun, now the French an invincible rifle, now the Japanese a new explosive, now the Americans a submarine that would drive every ironclad from the seas.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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