iron-sick

[ahy-ern-sik]

i·ron-sick

[ahy-ern-sik]
adjective Nautical.
noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.

Origin:
1620–30

iron sickness, noun
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