Crossword clues for ironsides
ironsides
- Armor-plated warships
- The Virginia and the Monitor, e.g.
- Old ___ (Boston sight)
- "Old" ship's name
- Bygone warship
- English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War and became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth (1599-1658)
- Oliver Cromwell's nickname
- "Old ___"
- Something Old
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ironsides
Ironsides \I"ron*sides"\, n. A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.
Old Ironsides. (U. S. Hist.) A nickname for the U.S.S. Constitution, a sailing ship which fought in the American Revolutionary war, and now functions as a floating museum in Boston harbor. It was given its nickname because cannonballs bounced off its hard wooden sides.
Ironsides
Ironside \I"ron*side`\, Ironsides \I"ron*sides`\, prop. n.
A nickname for Oliver Cromwell.
A nickname for Edmund II of England.
--RHUD