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ironshod

ironshod adjective: of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end.

Adjective

ironshod (not comparable)

  1. Of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end.
    • […] to his buttonhole is attached an enormous tobacco pouch; in his mouth he carries a long pipe, and an ironshod stick in his hand.1875, Charles William Heckethorn, The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries, volume 2, page 83
    • Of course, the charge that I attempted to thrust out Tib's eye with an ironshod fending pole was perjurious nonsense.1955, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Grandfather Stories, page 99

Origin of ironshod

From iron + shod.

Questions about ironshod

What does ironshod mean?
Ironshod means of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end.
What part of speech is ironshod?
Ironshod is an adjective.

Words near ironshod in the dictionary

  1. irons
  2. irons in the fire
  3. irons out
  4. ironsand
  5. ironsands
  6. ironshod
  7. ironshot
  8. ironsick
  9. ironside
  10. ironsides
  11. ironsmith

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