ˈiron-headed, a.
(-ˌhɛdɪd)
1. Having an iron head; tipped with iron.
| 1588 Spenser Virg. Gnat 653 His yron-headed spade tho making cleene, To dig up sods out of the flowrie grasse. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 233 Volscians arm'd with Iron-headed Darts. 1820 Scott Abbot x, A door well clenched with iron-headed nails. |
2. fig. Very hard-headed or determined.
| 1852 Mundy Our Antipodes (1857) 126 The burly baron of feudal times..those iron-clad, iron-fisted, and iron-headed nobles despised all manner of clerk-craft. |