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ˈiron-bark
[Of Austral-Eng. formation, from iron a. or n. + bark.]
a. Any species of Eucalyptus having solid bark, as E. resinifera, paniculata, Leucoxylon, Sideroxylon, etc., trees valued in Australia for their timber and other purposes.
1802G. Barrington Hist. N.S. Wales viii. 263 The bark of which on the trunk is..the iron bark of Port Jackson. 1820J. Oxley Jrnl. Exped. Australia 170 Iron and stringy barks of small size were also common. 1833C. Sturt S. Australia I. i. 11 Iron-bark and cypresses generally prevailed along our line of route. 1868Carleton Australian Nights 29, I was swarthy grown and dark, Yes, as the rugged iron-bark. 1909A. E. Mack Bush Calendar 4 The blue gums, iron⁓barks, and turpentines gave way to scribbly gums and banksias. 1911E. M. Clowes On Wallaby ix. 249 In the Victorian Grampians is to be found for the most part blue gum and messmate, stringy bark, and red and white iron bark. 1967A. Rule Forests Austral. ii. 27 A list of the more valuable species would include the red and the grey ironbarks—those hard, heavy and tremendously tough timbers that make the name ironbark almost synonymous with durability.
b. The wood of any of these trees.
1894Westm. Gaz. 20 Nov. 6/1 One thousand ironbark sleepers were recently shipped from Sydney for..the Great Eastern Railway Company... Ironbark has been proved to last on the ground for ninety years.
c. attrib.
1820J. Oxley Jrnl. Exped. Australia 170 Iron bark trees were..growing on the very summit. 1889Boldrewood Robbery under Arms xxxv, We made an ironbark coffer for it. 1890― Miner's Right xxvii. 249 The corrugated stems of the great ironbark trees stood black and columnar.
d. Passing into adj.: hard, unyielding. Austral.
1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. vi. 85, I always thought he was ironbark outside and in. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. 90 From countrymen in general, ironbark, unyielding. |