ironshod

English

Etymology

iron +‎ shod

Adjective

ironshod (not comparable)

1. Of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end.
   • 1875, Charles William Heckethorn, The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries, volume 2, page 83:

     […] to his buttonhole is attached an enormous tobacco pouch; in his mouth he carries a long pipe, and an ironshod stick in his hand.

   • 1955, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Grandfather Stories, page 99:

     Of course, the charge that I attempted to thrust out Tib's eye with an ironshod fending pole was perjurious nonsense.