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Definition of Brassbound
1. Adjective. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable. "An ironclad rule"
2. Adjective. Having trim or fittings of brass. "The heavy brassbound door"
Definition of Brassbound
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Brassbound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"I ask your pardon for my bad manners, Captain brassbound. Ye are extraordinair
lek an auld ... brassbound (turning the singular look again on Sir Howard). ..."
2. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"brassbound (sitting down at the table in great agitation). ... But the Sidi is
on his way, and Captain brassbound cannot now prevent his vengeance working ..."
3. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Classical, Mediæval, Legendary; Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"The pirate brassbound orders his life upon the principle that, as Bacon puts it.
... With sympathetic interest she soon wins from brassbound the secret of ..."
4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"The pirate brassbound orders his life upon the principle that, ... With sympathetic
interest she soon wins from brassbound the secret of his life, ..."
5. The Twentieth Century Theatre: Observations on the Contemporary English and by William Lyon Phelps (1918)
"That penny-plain and twopence-coloured pirate brassbound will be beneath your
notice then. I have put him off for another year, as I cannot get the right ..."
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