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i•ron•clad

Pronunciation: (
—adj.ī'urn-klad';
—n.ī'urn-klad"), [key]
—adj.
1. covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
2. very rigid or exacting; inflexible; unbreakable: an ironclad contract.

—n.
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.

iron brick

Iron Cross

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