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

On the skirt of it was a hill named Boorr, which we kept close on our left, crossing its lower extremities, which were covered with a forest of ironbark eucalyptus, and forest oaks or casuarinae.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas

On the stiff soil the trees were ironbark, box, apple-gum, and some large acacias, with long lanceolate phyllodia, and large spikes of golden-coloured flowers.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John