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Definition of Ironclads

Ironclad
Ironclad I"ron*clad`, a. 1. Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare. 2. Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge. [Colloq.]
Ironclad
Ironclad I"ron*clad`, n. A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.

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- by ironclads. The first ironclads were built on wooden or iron hulls, and protected by wrought iron armor backed by thick wooden planking. Ironclads were...
- between the first ironclads, p. 100. Davis, Duel between the first ironclads, pp. 98–104. Davis, Duel between the first ironclads, p. 109. Davis, Duel...
- Ironclads (film), a 1991 TNT television film Ironclads: American Civil War, a computer game Ironclads: High Seas, a computer game Operation Ironclad or...
- various ironclads design such as the ram, broadside, central battery (or casemate), turret and barbette will be mentioned. Some of these ocean ironclads can...
- (1903). "The Land Ironclads". The Strand Magazine. 23 (156): 751–769. The Land Ironclads, H. G. Wells, 1909 H.G. Wells, "The Land Ironclads," in The Short...
- casemate ironclads were restricted to inland river operations—hence their "brown-water navy" nickname) while the South had (casemate) ironclads". In effect...
- simulates American Civil War naval combat. The Ironclads is a game that simulates naval warfare between ironclads during the American Civil War, such as the...
- Near the end of the American Civil War, the Ironclad Oath was an oath promoted by Radical Republicans that required federal employees, lawyers, and federal...
- ships, but European ironclads took a long time to construct and drew far too much water to be useful off the Southern coast. The Ironclad Board had to get...
- called "ironclads" (supplanting the ironclad warship). They learn that after the Battle of Fort Sumter that the Confederate forces also have ironclad units...