ironbound

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: i=ron=bound

CIDE DICTIONARY

ironbound, a. 

•  Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.  [1913 Webster]
•  Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

ironbound

asperous, bound, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crinkled, crumpled, dour, fettered, firm, fundamentalist, gravelly, hampered, handcuffed, hard, harsh, hidebound, impliable, in bonds, in chains, in irons, inexorable, inflexible, iron, ironclad, ironhanded, jagged, jaggy, manacled, muscle-bound, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, ragged, relentless, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rockbound, rocky, rugged, rugose, rugous, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scabrous, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, serrate, serrated, shackled, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, stiff, stony, straightlaced, straitlaced, strapped, stubborn, tethered, tied, tied down, tied up, trammeled, unbending, uncompromising, uneven, unrelenting, unsmooth, unyielding, wrinkled