| ironclad | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | covered or protected with iron: an ironclad warship |
| 2. | inflexible; rigid: an ironclad rule |
| 3. | not able to be assailed or contradicted: an ironclad argument |
| —n | |
| 4. | a large wooden 19th-century warship with armoured plating |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |