Link Centre Dictionary

brassbound

brass·bound

uncommon

adjective

1.

inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable

  • “brassbound traditions”
  • “brassbound party loyalists”
  • “an ironclad rule”
Synonyms
Similar
2.

having trim or fittings of brass

  • “a brassbound campaign chest”
  • “the heavy brassbound door”
Similar

Origin

From brass + bound.

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.