Brassbound Definition & Meaning

brassbound
adjective
  1. inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule"
  2. having trim or fittings of brass; "a brassbound campaign chest"; "the heavy brassbound door"

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