ironbound

Ironbound \I"ron*bound`\, a.
   1. Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.
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   2. Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.
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79 Moby Thesaurus words for "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