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Definitions of ironclad in various dictionaries:
noun - a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
adj - sheathed in iron plates for protection
adj - inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| A 19th century warship armored with metal plates |
| The CSS Arkansas, one of these ships named for its armor, had a glorious 23-day career in the campaign |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| covered or protected with iron. |
| Covered or protected with iron. |
| A 19th-century warship with armour plating. |
| without flaws or loopholes |
| inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable |
| very certain and unlikely to be changed: |
| impossible to change or weaken: |
| Sheathed with iron plates for protection. |
| Rigid fixed: an ironclad rule. |
| A 19th-century warship having sides armored with metal plates. |
| Ironclad might refer to |
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| An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. The first ironclad battleship, Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in November 1859. The British Admiralty had been considering armored warships since 1856 and prepared a draft design for an armored corvette in 1857; in early 1859 the Royal Navy started building two iron-hulled armored frigates, and by 1861 had made the decision to move to an all-armored battle fleet. After the first clashes of ironclads (both with wooden ships and with one another) took place in 1862 during the American Civil War, it became clear that the ironclad had replaced the unarmored ship of the line as the most powerful warship afloat. This type of ship would come to be very successful in the American Civil War.Ironclads were designed for several roles, |
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