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i⋅ron⋅clad
[adj. ahy-ern-klad; n. ahy-ern-klad]
–adjective
–noun
| 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. |
| 3. | a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating. |
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| i·ron·clad
(ī'ərn-klād') Pronunciation Key
adj.
n. A 19th-century warship having sides armored with metal plates. |
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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.
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