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Definition of Ironclad
1. Adjective. Sheathed in iron plates for protection.
2. Noun. A wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor.
3. Adjective. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable. "An ironclad rule"
Definition of Ironclad
1. a. Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare.
2. 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.
Definition of Ironclad
1. Adjective. Covered with iron, steel, or some metal, armor-plated ¹
2. Adjective. (figuratively) Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable. ¹
3. Noun. A metal-plated ship, vessel, or vehicle ¹
4. Noun. (military) An armor-plated warship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ironclad
1. an armored warship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironclad
Literary usage of Ironclad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"In May the Confederates were compelled to destroy their ironclad, ... In April,
1864, the Albemarle, another ironclad of similar pattern to the Atlanta, ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"Turkey has 15 armored vessels besides 1 ironclad monitor and 3 river gunboats,
and an unarmored fleet of 1 ship-of- NAVT OF HOLLAND.—The Dutch navy contains ..."
3. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1883)
"Nine other sea-going vessels and seven floating batteries make up the ironclad
fleet. Of fort cruisers there are 14 of the first class, 21 of the second ..."
4. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1882)
"The entire Northwest wants ironclad trees enduring sixty below zero unharmed.
... We have now summer and fall ironclad Siberian crabs ; ironclad Russian, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... gives a fair idea of the present position and strength of the British ironclad
fleet :— " The moat Important division of the nivy, tho ironclad Hi-et of ..."
6. Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War by David Dixon Porter (1885)
"The Confederates afterward fortified it strongly, planted torpedoes, and added
to their defenses the formidable ironclad Tennessee. CHAPTER V. THE ATTACK ON ..."
7. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"In May the Confederates were compelled to destroy their ironclad, ... In April,
1864, the Albemarle, another ironclad of similar pattern to the Atlanta, ..."
8. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"Turkey has 15 armored vessels besides 1 ironclad monitor and 3 river gunboats,
and an unarmored fleet of 1 ship-of- NAVT OF HOLLAND.—The Dutch navy contains ..."
9. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1883)
"Nine other sea-going vessels and seven floating batteries make up the ironclad
fleet. Of fort cruisers there are 14 of the first class, 21 of the second ..."
10. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1882)
"The entire Northwest wants ironclad trees enduring sixty below zero unharmed.
... We have now summer and fall ironclad Siberian crabs ; ironclad Russian, ..."
11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... gives a fair idea of the present position and strength of the British ironclad
fleet :— " The moat Important division of the nivy, tho ironclad Hi-et of ..."
12. Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War by David Dixon Porter (1885)
"The Confederates afterward fortified it strongly, planted torpedoes, and added
to their defenses the formidable ironclad Tennessee. CHAPTER V. THE ATTACK ON ..."
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