ironbark
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ironbark
Example Sentences
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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
The country beyond the low range was more open for two miles; the only trees being ironbark.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas
We found upon this neck huge trees of ironbark and stringybark; some fine forest-hills appeared to the eastward and distant only a few miles.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas
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