Definition of brassbound
1 : having trim made of brass or a metal resembling brass
2a (1) : tradition-bound and opinionated (2) : making no concessions : inflexibleb : brazen, presumptuous
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Examples of brassbound in a Sentence
a person of brassbound honesty
the brassbound military leadership had failed to realize that this time the nation was fighting a different kind of war
First Known Use of brassbound
1673
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