iron-boundadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌɪənˈbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈaɪ(ə)rnˈˌbaʊnd/

Forms: see iron n.¹ and bound adj.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron n.¹, bound adj.²

Etymology: < iron n.¹ + bound adj.² Compare slightly later iron-bounden adj.

1. Bound with iron; fitted with iron bands. Also (of a person): that is in irons, shackled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > binding > bound > with specific material

iron-bound1381

iron-boundenc1400

wood-bound1570

wax-ended1839

brass-bound1867

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled > with iron

iron-bound1639

ironed1780

1381 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 4 (MED) Jtem, a goud irebounde wen..a goud irebounde cart.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 246 Þere auarice hath almaries and yren-bounde coffres.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. iiii If they be yron bounden they are moche the better..for a peyre of whelys yron bounde woll weare seuyn or eyght peyre of other whelys.

1561 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 285 No bruer..shall carry any bere..w^t iernebond carts w^tin the Citie.

1639 G. Rivers Heroinæ 12 Shee denyeth not the iron-bound Slave a death to free him from the toylsome Oare.

?1675 R. Garbutt One Come from Dead 17 They which are such Sots that they would lie in the way till an Iron-bound Wain or Cart were driven over them.

1705 London Gaz. No. 4163/3 A large Iron-bound Box.

1774 London Mag. May 235/1 The rolling of iron bound wheels on the common surface of the earth.

1803 T. Campbell Poems 5 But where is the iron-bound prisoner? Where?

1874 C. Bushell Rigger's Guide (ed. 5) 187 The jib halliards reeve through a single iron-bound block.

1884 J. Parker Apostolic Life III. 258 A gate iron-bound and iron-riveted.

1904 Automobile Rev. 16 July 54/1 Coaches of 880 pounds mounted on iron bound wheels.

1961 C. Bancroft & A. Nafziger Colorado's Lost Gold Mines 53 An iron-bound chest containing the bi-yearly payroll for the soldiers.

1993 Ashmolean Summer 20/1 The iron-bound oak University Chest of the 15th century.

2. figurative. Firm, impregnable; rigidly confined or restricted; unyielding, inflexible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility

unfeelingc1000

mis-feelinga1382

stonishc1450

unpainfulc1450

obtuse1509

sprightlessa1522

insensate1553

senseless1560

soulless1568

dull-esprited1591

impassible1592

bluntie1598

impenetrable1600

stockish1600

stolidc1600

incapable1601

stupid1605

tasteless1605

unsensitive1610

unexalted1611

insensible1617

unsensible1619

languid1622

immovable1639

dead-hearted1642

sterile1642

resupine1643

unaffectionate1645

iron-bound1648

resentlessa1649

torpid1656

torpulent1657

impassive1699

unreceptive1722

hebete1743

apathetic1744

stubbed1744

gustless1766

unresponsive1768

unsusceptible1779

tideless-blooded1786

unaffectioned1788

inaccessible1796

hebetudinous1820

unimpressible1828

insensitive1834

apathetical1835

non-sensitive1836

blunt-hearted1845

irreceptive1846

unreceptant1846

unimpressionable1847

anaesthetic1860

insentient1860

hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862

unsqueamish1893

tone-deaf1894

unget-at-able1897

facty1901

zombie1937

pegamoid1957

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance

adamantinea1382

rock-like1595

unmalleable1606

immarbled1641

iron-bound1648

inflexible1698

cast iron1829

teak-built1847

granitic1862

inelastic1867

petrified1870

ossified1901

shatter-proof1936

sclerotic1965

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action

coarctc1420

shackledc1440

coarcteda1500

haltered?1510

catesnd1566

straited1581

immurate1593

chained1613

hampered1633

muzzled1647

throttled1677

tethereda1680

fetlocked1725

strangled1813

trammelled1813

spancelled1835

iron-bound1850

cabined1853

manacled1861

vaulted1863

tied1876

strait-jacketed1894

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action

coarctc1420

shackledc1440

coarcteda1500

haltered?1510

catesnd1566

straited1581

chained1613

hampered1633

muzzled1647

tethereda1680

fetlocked1725

strangled1813

trammelled1813

spancelled1835

iron-bound1850

cabined1853

manacled1861

vaulted1863

tied1876

strait-jacketed1894

1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 125 You see the iron-bound Saints of the Army are impregnable, even against High Treason, if this puny Saint be so inviolable.

1796 A. Yearsley Rural Lyre 114 Nay, if, like hers, my heart were iron-bound, My warmth would melt the fetters to the ground.

1807 Salmagundi 14 Aug. 271 My iron-bound physiognomy [would]..be as notorious as that of Noah Webster.

1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 237 The old, iron-bound, feudal France was changed into a young Ohio or New York.

a1898 J. Caird Fund. Ideas Christianity (1899) II. xiv. 145 If there be in the divine nature an iron-bound impassibility.

1913 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 328 No absolute and ironbound rules can be laid down at present.

1954 R. Matheson I am Legend xvi. 118 He had doubted too long. His concept of the society had become ironbound.

2002 Oldie June 38/1 The sheer, sullen fury of your response..was apparently enough to frighten even this most ironbound of Chancellors.

3. Of a coast: covered or enclosed with rocks; consisting of rocky cliffs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > type of

embenched1599

bolda1665

bluff1694

sanded1702

steep-to1748

iron-bound1769

crenulate1919

weed1940

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Terres hautes, high land on the sea shore; a bold, or iron bound coast.

1812 R. Stuart Jrnl. 26 Aug. in Discov. Oregon Trail (1995) v. 110 The Iron bound Bluffs put in very near on both sides.

1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy v. 73 This part of the coast..besides being iron-bound has no port that is easy to enter.

1929 Travel Jan. 44/3 Coves raggedly break the ironbound, formidable barricade of dog-toothed rocks and cliffs.

1978 P. O'Brian Desolation Island iii. 57 The ironbound coast of Spain was no great way off in the leeward darkness.

2010 K. Endean Coastal Turmoil 54/2 Photo 4.9 shows a place where, for centuries, men have put to sea from an ironbound coast.

4. Of the soil or ground: hard, unyielding; esp. hardened with frost or ice. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen > frozen hard

solid1786

ironclad1834

iron-bound1835

1804 W. Austin Lett. from London ii. 8 I should prefer the salubrious breezes and grateful soil of Spain to the inexorable north winds and iron bound soil of New England.

1835 R. Huish Last Voy. Sir J. Ross Arctic Regions vi. 610 The iron-bound ground, on which they had been picking away for the last two months.

1887 J. Ball Notes Naturalist in S. Amer. 267 The muddy streets were iron-bound with frost.

1901 Punch 24 Apr. 316/2 No man of sense would have imperilled his horse's legs and his own valuable bones over those iron-bound fields.

1913 L. V. Kelly Range Men xix. 377 Spring opened the iron-bound land.

1957 T. C. Lethbridge Gogmagog 51 The summer heat..would have penetrated further into the ground; but you would still find that layer iron-bound with ice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	iron-bound
释义	iron-boundadj. Brit. /ˌʌɪənˈbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˈˌbaʊnd/ Forms: see iron n.¹ and bound adj.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron n.¹, bound adj.² Etymology: < iron n.¹ + bound adj.² Compare slightly later iron-bounden adj. 1. Bound with iron; fitted with iron bands. Also (of a person): that is in irons, shackled. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > binding > bound > with specific material iron-bound1381 iron-boundenc1400 wood-bound1570 wax-ended1839 brass-bound1867 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled > with iron iron-bound1639 ironed1780 1381 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 4 (MED) Jtem, a goud irebounde wen..a goud irebounde cart. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 246 Þere auarice hath almaries and yren-bounde coffres. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. iiii If they be yron bounden they are moche the better..for a peyre of whelys yron bounde woll weare seuyn or eyght peyre of other whelys. 1561 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 285 No bruer..shall carry any bere..w^t iernebond carts w^tin the Citie. 1639 G. Rivers Heroinæ 12 Shee denyeth not the iron-bound Slave a death to free him from the toylsome Oare. ?1675 R. Garbutt One Come from Dead 17 They which are such Sots that they would lie in the way till an Iron-bound Wain or Cart were driven over them. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4163/3 A large Iron-bound Box. 1774 London Mag. May 235/1 The rolling of iron bound wheels on the common surface of the earth. 1803 T. Campbell Poems 5 But where is the iron-bound prisoner? Where? 1874 C. Bushell Rigger's Guide (ed. 5) 187 The jib halliards reeve through a single iron-bound block. 1884 J. Parker Apostolic Life III. 258 A gate iron-bound and iron-riveted. 1904 Automobile Rev. 16 July 54/1 Coaches of 880 pounds mounted on iron bound wheels. 1961 C. Bancroft & A. Nafziger Colorado's Lost Gold Mines 53 An iron-bound chest containing the bi-yearly payroll for the soldiers. 1993 Ashmolean Summer 20/1 The iron-bound oak University Chest of the 15th century. 2. figurative. Firm, impregnable; rigidly confined or restricted; unyielding, inflexible. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility unfeelingc1000 mis-feelinga1382 stonishc1450 unpainfulc1450 obtuse1509 sprightlessa1522 insensate1553 senseless1560 soulless1568 dull-esprited1591 impassible1592 bluntie1598 impenetrable1600 stockish1600 stolidc1600 incapable1601 stupid1605 tasteless1605 unsensitive1610 unexalted1611 insensible1617 unsensible1619 languid1622 immovable1639 dead-hearted1642 sterile1642 resupine1643 unaffectionate1645 iron-bound1648 resentlessa1649 torpid1656 torpulent1657 impassive1699 unreceptive1722 hebete1743 apathetic1744 stubbed1744 gustless1766 unresponsive1768 unsusceptible1779 tideless-blooded1786 unaffectioned1788 inaccessible1796 hebetudinous1820 unimpressible1828 insensitive1834 apathetical1835 non-sensitive1836 blunt-hearted1845 irreceptive1846 unreceptant1846 unimpressionable1847 anaesthetic1860 insentient1860 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 unsqueamish1893 tone-deaf1894 unget-at-able1897 facty1901 zombie1937 pegamoid1957 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance adamantinea1382 rock-like1595 unmalleable1606 immarbled1641 iron-bound1648 inflexible1698 cast iron1829 teak-built1847 granitic1862 inelastic1867 petrified1870 ossified1901 shatter-proof1936 sclerotic1965 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action coarctc1420 shackledc1440 coarcteda1500 haltered?1510 catesnd1566 straited1581 immurate1593 chained1613 hampered1633 muzzled1647 throttled1677 tethereda1680 fetlocked1725 strangled1813 trammelled1813 spancelled1835 iron-bound1850 cabined1853 manacled1861 vaulted1863 tied1876 strait-jacketed1894 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action coarctc1420 shackledc1440 coarcteda1500 haltered?1510 catesnd1566 straited1581 chained1613 hampered1633 muzzled1647 tethereda1680 fetlocked1725 strangled1813 trammelled1813 spancelled1835 iron-bound1850 cabined1853 manacled1861 vaulted1863 tied1876 strait-jacketed1894 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 125 You see the iron-bound Saints of the Army are impregnable, even against High Treason, if this puny Saint be so inviolable. 1796 A. Yearsley Rural Lyre 114 Nay, if, like hers, my heart were iron-bound, My warmth would melt the fetters to the ground. 1807 Salmagundi 14 Aug. 271 My iron-bound physiognomy [would]..be as notorious as that of Noah Webster. 1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 237 The old, iron-bound, feudal France was changed into a young Ohio or New York. a1898 J. Caird Fund. Ideas Christianity (1899) II. xiv. 145 If there be in the divine nature an iron-bound impassibility. 1913 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 328 No absolute and ironbound rules can be laid down at present. 1954 R. Matheson I am Legend xvi. 118 He had doubted too long. His concept of the society had become ironbound. 2002 Oldie June 38/1 The sheer, sullen fury of your response..was apparently enough to frighten even this most ironbound of Chancellors. 3. Of a coast: covered or enclosed with rocks; consisting of rocky cliffs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > type of embenched1599 bolda1665 bluff1694 sanded1702 steep-to1748 iron-bound1769 crenulate1919 weed1940 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Terres hautes, high land on the sea shore; a bold, or iron bound coast. 1812 R. Stuart Jrnl. 26 Aug. in Discov. Oregon Trail (1995) v. 110 The Iron bound Bluffs put in very near on both sides. 1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy v. 73 This part of the coast..besides being iron-bound has no port that is easy to enter. 1929 Travel Jan. 44/3 Coves raggedly break the ironbound, formidable barricade of dog-toothed rocks and cliffs. 1978 P. O'Brian Desolation Island iii. 57 The ironbound coast of Spain was no great way off in the leeward darkness. 2010 K. Endean Coastal Turmoil 54/2 Photo 4.9 shows a place where, for centuries, men have put to sea from an ironbound coast. 4. Of the soil or ground: hard, unyielding; esp. hardened with frost or ice. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen > frozen hard solid1786 ironclad1834 iron-bound1835 1804 W. Austin Lett. from London ii. 8 I should prefer the salubrious breezes and grateful soil of Spain to the inexorable north winds and iron bound soil of New England. 1835 R. Huish Last Voy. Sir J. Ross Arctic Regions vi. 610 The iron-bound ground, on which they had been picking away for the last two months. 1887 J. Ball Notes Naturalist in S. Amer. 267 The muddy streets were iron-bound with frost. 1901 Punch 24 Apr. 316/2 No man of sense would have imperilled his horse's legs and his own valuable bones over those iron-bound fields. 1913 L. V. Kelly Range Men xix. 377 Spring opened the iron-bound land. 1957 T. C. Lethbridge Gogmagog 51 The summer heat..would have penetrated further into the ground; but you would still find that layer iron-bound with ice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1381
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