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adj.
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ərnˈklæd
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n.
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ərnˌklæd
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–adjective
1.
covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
2.
very rigid or exacting; inflexible; unbreakable:
an ironclad contract.
–noun
3.
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
Origin:
1850–55;
iron
+
clad
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i·ron·clad
(ī'ərn-klād')
adj.
Sheathed with iron plates for protection.
Rigid; fixed:
an ironclad rule.
n. A 19th-century warship having sides armored with metal plates.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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ironclad
(adj.) of warships, 1852, Amer.Eng., from
iron
+
clad
. As a noun meaning "iron-clad ship," it is attested from 1862). Of contracts, etc., 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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