ironbound

Definitions

1. Bound with iron, ironclad.
2. Rugged.
   figuratively
3. Rigid, unyielding.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“an ironbound coast”

“He rose and went down to the kitchen, where he knew a fire was burning, and there the terrified servants were all assembled, all agreeing, as the blast came roaring down the chimney, they never had witnessed such a storm, and between the gusts, breathing shuddering prayers for those who were “out at sea that night.” The vicinity of Melmoth’s house to what seamen call⟳ an iron-bound coast, gave a dreadful sincerity to their prayers and their fears.”

“Leaving behind us the town at the bottom of its deep bay, we set⟳ out to explore⟳ a bluff-headed parallelogramical promontory, bounded by Thurso Bay on the one hand, and Murkle Bay on the other, and which presents to the open⟳ sea, in the space that stretches between, an undulating line of iron-bound coast, exposed to the roll of the northern ocean.”

“ironbound traditions”

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