ironclad

Examples

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• In Washington, Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt will soon be joined by David Herold, and all of them will be held in custody aboard the ironclad monitors USS Saugus and USS Montauk.

  Killing Lincoln (2013)

• And two ironclad ships were being constructed for the Confederacy, but the project was stopped at the last moment.

  Academic text (1993)

• Now, the ironclad obviously came up this river and stopped at this structure, which is a fort?

  Sahara (2005)

• Captain of the CSS ironclad Texas.

  Sahara (2005)

• An ironclad couldn't make it with her draft.

  Sahara (2005)

• It was the first great naval battle of employing fully ironclad steam powered vessels.

• There was Revolutionary War combat along the Patuxent River, a Chesapeake tributary, and ironclads fought it out there during the Civil War.

  Academic text (2005)

• The brave sailors boarded the ironclad and prepared for battle at sea.

• The famous ironclad vessel was a significant advancement in naval technology in the 19th century.

Synonyms

B

battleship

vsironclad

• Archaic

68 5.5

A large ship used in war with thick metal armor and big guns

focuses on wooden hulls covered by iron or steel plates rather than size

Compounds

I

ironclad alibi

2 5.8

Very strong proof that someone was somewhere else and cannot be proved wrong

I

ironclad agreement

1 4.6

A legally binding deal that is very hard to break

I

ironclad resolve

7.5

A very firm decision to keep trying

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology