Ironbound

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ironbound \I"ron*bound`\, a.
     1. Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.
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     2. Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "ironbound":
     asperous, bound, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crinkled, crumpled,
     dour, fettered, firm, fundamentalist, gravelly, hampered,
     handcuffed, hard, harsh, hidebound, impliable, in bonds, in chains,
     in irons, inexorable, inflexible, iron, ironclad, ironhanded,
     jagged, jaggy, manacled, muscle-bound, obdurate, obstinate,
     orthodox, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic,
     ragged, relentless, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous,
     rockbound, rocky, rugged, rugose, rugous, saw-toothed, sawtooth,
     scabrous, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, serrate, serrated, shackled,
     snagged, snaggled, snaggy, stiff, stony, straightlaced,
     straitlaced, strapped, stubborn, tethered, tied, tied down,
     tied up, trammeled, unbending, uncompromising, uneven, unrelenting,
     unsmooth, unyielding, wrinkled