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Ironclad (An)

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A ship having the hull sheathed wholly or in part with plates of iron, to resist projectiles.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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