ironbound

How to use ironbound in a sentence

• A word dropped that I was returning there would bring me, by ironbound custom, an invitation to travel in their company.

  The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer Bradley

• An angry roar went up to Heaven, followed by a hail of blows upon the stout, ironbound oak, and an imperious call to open.

  The Trampling of the Lilies | Rafael Sabatini

• Three days ago, two shipwrecks took place upon our ironbound coast.

  The Wandering Jew, Complete | Eugene Sue

• There, in front of the ironbound box, knelt Pomponio, busily at work on the stout padlock that guarded the treasures within.

  Old Mission Stories of California | Charles Franklin Carter

• On the far side of the house I found him pressed close against the old ironbound oak door of the chapel.

  Dracula | Bram Stoker