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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

ironclad mid-19th-century wooden warship protected from gunfire by iron armor. The success of the ironclad when first employed by the French in the Crimean War sparked a naval armor and armaments race between France and Great Britain. Ironclads were later used by both sides in the U.S. Civil War (see monitor , Monitor and Merrimack ), although only the Union navy had at its disposal sufficient industrial resources to build a sizable fleet. The armored ship became obsolete with the introduction (1870–90) of all-metal warship construction.

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ironclad

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

i·ron·clad / ˈīərnˌklad/ • adj. covered or protected with iron. ∎ impossible to contradict, weaken, or change: an ironclad guarantee. • n. hist. a 19th-century warship with armor plating.

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ironclad

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

ironclad a 19th-century warship with armour plating; the term was originally used particularly of such ships during the American Civil War (see monitor).

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

ironclad n. a 19th-century warship with armor plating.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

ironclad •ad, add, Allahabad, bad, Baghdad, bedad, begad, cad, Chad, clad, dad, egad, fad, forbade, gad, glad, grad, had, jihad, lad, mad, pad, plaid, rad, Riyadh, sad, scad, shad, Strad, tad, trad •chiliad • oread •dryad, dyad, naiad, triad •Sinbad • Ahmadabad • Jalalabad •Faisalabad • Islamabad • Hyderabad •grandad • Soledad • Trinidad •doodad • Galahad • Akkad • ecad •cycad, nicad •ironclad • nomad • maenad •monad, trichomonad •gonad • scratch pad • sketch pad •keypad • helipad • launch pad •notepad • footpad • touch pad • farad •tetrad • Stalingrad • Leningrad •Conrad • Titograd • undergrad •Volgograd • Petrograd • hexad •Mossad • Upanishad • pentad •heptad • octad

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