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===Etymology=== |
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# Covered with [[iron]] |
# Covered with [[iron]], [[steel]], or some [[metal]], [[armor-plated]] |
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|title=The Land Ironclads |
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|passage=In that flickering pallor it had the effect of a large and clumsy black insect, an insect the size of an '''ironclad''' cruiser, crawling obliquely to the first line of trenches and firing shots out of portholes in its side. |
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# {{figuratively}} Solid or [[certain]]; not able to be [[disputed]] or [[questioned]]; [[irrefutable]]. |
# {{figuratively}} Solid or [[certain]]; not able to be [[disputed]] or [[questioned]]; [[irrefutable]]. |
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#: ''The guy had an '''ironclad''' alibi for his whereabouts on the night of the crime.'' |
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# A metal-plated [[ship]], [[vessel]], or [[vehicle]] |
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|passage=He turned again to the nearest land '''ironclad''', advancing now obliquely to him and not three hundred yards away, and then scrambled the ground over which he must retreat if he was not to be captured. |
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Revision as of 15:40, 18 February 2012
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
ironclad (not comparable)
- Covered with iron, steel, or some metal, armor-plated
- Lua error in Module:quote at line 2964: Parameter 1 is required.
- Template:figuratively Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable.
- The guy had an ironclad alibi for his whereabouts on the night of the crime.
Noun
ironclad (plural ironclads)