Directly after some one rapped lightly on the pavement of the yard, and in a few minutes the heavy Ironbound oak doors opened and a woman's hand beckoned to the late guest, who glided swiftly along in the narrow line of shadow cast by the house and vanished through the entrance.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
It was a vertical wooden cylinder, like a huge, Ironbound, straight sided cask, thirty feet high and wide, standing on its bottom.
"The Planet Strappers"
Raymond Zinke Gallun
Mr. Sweet had just started toward the flap to ascertain the cause of the commotion when the boys entered, and, thinking himself about to be attacked, leaped quickly back as he seized an Ironbound stake.
"The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair"
James Otis