ironbark

noun

1. (Australia)Any of several unrelated eucalypts that have dark, deeply furrowed bark.
2. (Australia)The hard wood of these trees, as used in building and construction.

   “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.”

   “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.”

name

1. A locality in the Gwydir council area and the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
2. A suburb of the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia