ironbark

American  

[ahy-ern-bahrk] / ˈaɪ ərnˌbɑrk /

noun

1. any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.

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ironbark British  

/ ˈaɪənˌbɑːk /

noun

1. any of several Australian eucalyptus trees that have hard rough bark

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Etymology

Origin of ironbark

First recorded in 1905–10; iron + bark ²

Example Sentences

One of those companies is Taylor Guitars, which recently began using Shamel ash and red ironbark eucalyptus supplied by West Coast Arborists in some of its guitars.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022

The men blasted huge ice floes and icebergs threatening the uniquely tough hull of the St. Roch, which was copper sheathed and overlaid with ice-resisting Australian ironbark.

From Time Magazine Archive

He grabbed the wooden knockers on the tiller lines and began to bang them against the ironbark knocker-boards fastened to either side of the hull.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

We first crossed more hills of the trappean conglomerate on which grew ironbark eucalypti and box.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

Sandy and I found the two cows and calves a mile this side of the Canton Reef in a gully, but before we could head them off they had got away into the ironbark ridges.

From In The Far North 1901 by Becke, Louis