Ironclad

5 definitions found

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

  Ironclad \I"ron*clad`\, a.
     1. Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel
        for naval warfare.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Rigorous; unbreakable; severe; exacting; inflexible; as,


        an ironclad oath or pledge. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

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

  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. Modern naval vessels are made of steel throughout, and
     this term is only used in historical contexts.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

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

  Ironclad \I"ron*clad`\, a.
     1. having an outer covering of iron or steel; as, an ironclad
        war vessel.
        [PJC]
  
     2. so strong or secure as to be unbreakable; as, an ironclad
        contract.
        [PJC] irone

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ironclad
       adj 1: inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound
              traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an
              ironclad rule" [syn: {brassbound}]
       2: without flaws or loopholes; "an ironclad contract"; "a
          watertight alibi"; "a bulletproof argument" [syn: {unassailable},
           {unshakable}, {watertight}, {bulletproof}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "ironclad":
     armed cap-a-pie, armor-plated, armored, constant, dour, firm,
     fixed, fundamentalist, hard, hidebound, immovable, immutable,
     impliable, in armor, in complete steel, in harness, inalterable,
     inexorable, inflexible, invariable, iron, ironbound, ironhanded,
     loricate, loricated, mailclad, mailed, muscle-bound, obdurate,
     obstinate, orthodox, panoplied, procrustean, purist, puristic,
     puritan, puritanic, relentless, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic,
     rigorous, rockbound, stiff, straightlaced, straitlaced, stubborn,
     unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, unmodifiable, unrelenting,
     unyielding