iron-clothedadj.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪənˌkləʊðd/, U.S.

/ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌkloʊðd/

Forms: see iron n.¹ and clothed adj.

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

Etymology: < iron n.¹ + clothed adj. Compare ironclad adj.

1. Of a person or group of people: wearing armour made of iron; armour-clad. historical. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour

armedc1300

wrienc1330

steel-clada1400

armed at (also of) all piecesc1400

harnessedc1460

enarmedc1540

armoured1564

steeled1596

iron-clothed1728

armour-clad1768

hoplomachic1832

well-armoured1852

brazen-mailed1870

pamphract1890

1728 R. Glover Poem on Sir I. Newton in H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. sig. b3 The iron-cloathed host..a gleaming horrour casts; Each flaming buckler like the mid-day sun.

1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders IV. 192 The means of advance and retreat, which causeth their iron-clothed enemies to be worn out with their own ponderous weight!

1858 E. Atherstone Handwriting on Wall I. xix. 295 Cyrus, himself in a plain military attire, rode leisurely along the ranks of the iron-clothed squadrons of Persia.

1896 D. C. Beard Amer. Boy's Bk. Sport xxiv. 281 The horses these iron-clothed men rode were resplendent in gorgeous crazy-quilt coverings.

1999 J. Ortega in J. Bodeen With my Hands Full iv. 152 People cheer as the Aztec finishes off the iron clothed Spaniard.

†2. Of a warship: = ironclad adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [adjective] > armour-plated

armour-clad1768

mail-clad1777

iron-cased1855

ironclad1855

iron-plated1855

iron-sided1855

armoured1859

iron-clothed1859

mailed1860

armour-plated1862

cuirassed1864

belted1865

Harveyed1894

up-armoured1978

1859 Engineer 8 157/3 At from 600 to 800 yards, iron-clothed ships would be in comparative safety from the effects of an enemy's broadside.

1859 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 13 Sept. A steel-clothed ship would be more vulnerable than an iron-clothed vessel.

1862 Liverpool Mercury 25 July 3/6 The trial trip of the Black Prince, iron-clothed ship-of-war, took place on Tuesday.

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

单词	iron-clothed
释义	iron-clothedadj. Brit. /ˈʌɪənˌkləʊðd/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌkloʊðd/ Forms: see iron n.¹ and clothed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron n.¹, clothed adj. Etymology: < iron n.¹ + clothed adj. Compare ironclad adj. 1. Of a person or group of people: wearing armour made of iron; armour-clad. historical. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour armedc1300 wrienc1330 steel-clada1400 armed at (also of) all piecesc1400 harnessedc1460 enarmedc1540 armoured1564 steeled1596 iron-clothed1728 armour-clad1768 hoplomachic1832 well-armoured1852 brazen-mailed1870 pamphract1890 1728 R. Glover Poem on Sir I. Newton in H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. sig. b3 The iron-cloathed host..a gleaming horrour casts; Each flaming buckler like the mid-day sun. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders IV. 192 The means of advance and retreat, which causeth their iron-clothed enemies to be worn out with their own ponderous weight! 1858 E. Atherstone Handwriting on Wall I. xix. 295 Cyrus, himself in a plain military attire, rode leisurely along the ranks of the iron-clothed squadrons of Persia. 1896 D. C. Beard Amer. Boy's Bk. Sport xxiv. 281 The horses these iron-clothed men rode were resplendent in gorgeous crazy-quilt coverings. 1999 J. Ortega in J. Bodeen With my Hands Full iv. 152 People cheer as the Aztec finishes off the iron clothed Spaniard. †2. Of a warship: = ironclad adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [adjective] > armour-plated armour-clad1768 mail-clad1777 iron-cased1855 ironclad1855 iron-plated1855 iron-sided1855 armoured1859 iron-clothed1859 mailed1860 armour-plated1862 cuirassed1864 belted1865 Harveyed1894 up-armoured1978 1859 Engineer 8 157/3 At from 600 to 800 yards, iron-clothed ships would be in comparative safety from the effects of an enemy's broadside. 1859 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 13 Sept. A steel-clothed ship would be more vulnerable than an iron-clothed vessel. 1862 Liverpool Mercury 25 July 3/6 The trial trip of the Black Prince, iron-clothed ship-of-war, took place on Tuesday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1728
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