Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Australia, certain trees having a solid, close bark, especially species of Eucalyptus. See
ironbark-tree .—
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) The Australian
Eucalyptus Sideroxylon , used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called alsoironwood . Also applied to other Australian eucalyptuses with a hard, solid bark.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several unrelated
trees that have dark, deeply furrowedbark
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Examples
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On these hills grew the varieties of eucalypti known in the colony, such as ironbark, bluegum, and stringybark.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823
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Next he selected a fallen ironbark tree and further imprinted the paper by pressing and scraping the board against its blackened bark.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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As the railways expanded across Australia, more and more sleepers were needed, and ironbark was tough and long lasting.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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When Roy started milling ironbark in 1979, forty sleeper-cutters were still at work out in the Pilliga.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Ironbark splits well, so a selection of wedges was often driven in with a mall made of a rare, tough, highly valued timber known as Gunnedah ironbark.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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The best places to look are in the box-ironbark forests of central Victoria.
At My Table 2009
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When I was growing up, we used to cut a selection of trees from the ironbark scrub in the house paddock and turn the verandah into a forest.
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It stood just outside the forest in an open field with an old ironbark in it that had shed a mighty bough: a challenge for anyone with a saw.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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The best places to look are in the box-ironbark forests of central Victoria.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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The charcoal marks on the paper suggested insects or the flight of birds, and the ironbark created the fish-scale pattern you notice in the drifted sand when you fly over a desert, or in wood ash washed out by rain: a common motif in Aboriginal art.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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