Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Bound with iron.
- adjective Rigid and unyielding.
- adjective Bound with rocks and cliffs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bound with iron.
- Faced or surrounded with rocks; rock-bound; rugged: as, an iron-bound coast.
- Hard and fast; rigorous; inflexible as iron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bound as with iron; rugged.
- adjective Rigid; unyielding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Bound as if withiron ;rugged . - adjective
rigid ;unyielding
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ironbound.
Examples
-
Several small, ironbound doors lead off the main part of the warehouse, most likely to secure rooms used for storage.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
-
Several small, ironbound doors lead off the main part of the warehouse, most likely to secure rooms used for storage.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
-
We go swiftly up the path, still glistening with frost, and across the wide stone terrace to the double ironbound doors.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
-
We go swiftly up the path, still glistening with frost, and across the wide stone terrace to the double ironbound doors.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
-
From there, it is only a few yards to the concealed ironbound door hidden amid the fall of ivy.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
-
From there, it is only a few yards to the concealed ironbound door hidden amid the fall of ivy.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
-
Beyond the barred partition was a small hall leading to an ironbound door to the rest of the jail.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
-
A particularly large, ironbound chest sat on the far side of the polished marble floor, its lid unlocked and flipped back to rest against the wall behind it.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
-
Beyond the barred partition was a small hall leading to an ironbound door to the rest of the jail.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
-
But such was not to be, for an ironbound, teenage streak of rebellion set in like a Siberian winter, and he refused to be influenced by any reasoning not his own.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.