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Definition of Ironbound
1. a. Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.
Definition of Ironbound
1. Adjective. Bound as if with iron; rugged. ¹
2. Adjective. rigid; unyielding ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ironbound
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironbound
Literary usage of Ironbound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"Midway between ironbound and Green Islands there is said to be a shoal of only 2
... We have already noticed Green and ironbound Islands; those lie on the ..."
2. Sailing Directions for Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, and South Shore of Gulf of by Robert H. Orr, Richardson Clover (1891)
"The east tangents of Point Enragé and West ironbound Island in line bearing N.
28° E. ... ironbound Breaker is a small rock on the outer extremity of a spit ..."
3. Sailing Directions for the Coasts, Harbours, and Islands of North America by John William Norie, J. S. Hobbs (1856)
"Midway between ironbound and Green Islands there is said to be a shoal of only 2
... We have already noticed Green and ironbound Islands ; these lie on the ..."
4. Nova Scotia Pilot: Bay of Fundy, Southeast Coast of Nova-Scotia and Coast of by United States Hydrographic Office (1918)
"East ironbound Island is about 1.800 yards long and attains an elevation of 60 feet
... East ironbound Island Light, fixed white, 150 feet above high water, ..."
5. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"Midway between ironbound and Green Islands there is said to be a shoal of only 2
... We have already noticed Green and ironbound Islands; those lie on the ..."
6. Sailing Directions for Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, and South Shore of Gulf of by Robert H. Orr, Richardson Clover (1891)
"The east tangents of Point Enragé and West ironbound Island in line bearing N.
28° E. ... ironbound Breaker is a small rock on the outer extremity of a spit ..."
7. Sailing Directions for the Coasts, Harbours, and Islands of North America by John William Norie, J. S. Hobbs (1856)
"Midway between ironbound and Green Islands there is said to be a shoal of only 2
... We have already noticed Green and ironbound Islands ; these lie on the ..."
8. Nova Scotia Pilot: Bay of Fundy, Southeast Coast of Nova-Scotia and Coast of by United States Hydrographic Office (1918)
"East ironbound Island is about 1.800 yards long and attains an elevation of 60 feet
... East ironbound Island Light, fixed white, 150 feet above high water, ..."
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