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i⋅ron⋅clad

   [adj. ahy-ern-klad; n. ahy-ern-klad]
–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 1
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i·ron·clad     (ī'ərn-klād')  Pronunciation Key 
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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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ironclad

adjective
1. sheathed in iron plates for protection 
2. inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule" 

noun
1. a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor 

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Ironclad

I"ron*clad`\, a. 1. Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare.

2. Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge. [Colloq.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

Ironclad

I"ron*clad`\, n. A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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