Meanings
adjectiveironshod (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end.
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 991 more example
[…] 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
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APA
ironshod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironshod
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“ironshod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironshod. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ironshod,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironshod.
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