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plural ironbarks
(chiefly Australia) Any of several unrelated eucalypts that have dark, deeply furrowed bark. examples
(chiefly Australia) The hard wood of these trees, as used in building and construction. quotations examples
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