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ironbark en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌɪənbɑːk/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From iron + bark.

Meanings

1. (Australia) Any of several unrelated eucalypts that have dark, deeply furrowed bark.
2. (Australia) The hard wood of these trees, as used in building and construction.
   • The tents and sheets are made of the best Canadian duck, tanned for the purpose of preservation with a strong extract of iron-bark and wattle-bark. 1901, “Progress in the Fruit Industry of Queensland”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, page 16:
   • When he had trimmed a bit of ironbark to size, or knocked the worst splinters off a split fence post, he would swing it around his head a few times before crashing it down on the rails. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 319:

Forms

Deriveds

silver-leaved ironbark