ironcladnoun(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. adjective(a.) Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare...
Their ruin could not have been more complete or more rapid if they had not possessed an ironclad or a regiment. And all this was accomplished by me, Captain John Sirius, belonging to the navy of one of the smallest Powers in Europe, and having under my command a flotilla of eight ...
While some of the most ironclad feuds have been resolved in recent years, the one between Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan and former guitarist and primary songwriter Ritchie Blackmore burns just as hot as ever. Gillan left the band in 1973 after tensions mounted with Blackmore, but it was Blac...
aThe appearance of the French wooden-hulled ironclad Gloire in 1859 caused more consternation in the British Press than in the Admiralty,and the construction of the much more powerful iron-built broadside ironclads proceeded smoothly. 法国木被去壳的铁包Gloire的出现在1859在英国的新闻中导致了更多震惊...
EVOLUTION AND ETHICS AND OTHER ESSAYS BY THOMAS H. HUXLEY PREFACE THE discourse on "Evolution and Ethics," reprinted in the first half of the present volume, was delivered before the University of Oxford, as the second of the annual lectures founded by M
Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare. adjective (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge. ironer noun (n.) One who, or that which, irons. ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH İRA: English Words which ...