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单词 iron-bound
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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.
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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..wt iernebond carts wtin 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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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