NOUN
- a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
How To Use Old Ironsides In A Sentence
- the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'
- Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. Robbie Gennet: On Role Models and their Bongs
- He turned and looked at his staff, then the picture of Old Ironsides behind him. BALANCE OF POWER