ironclad

adjective

Sheathed with iron plates for protection.

Rigid; fixed.

noun

A 19th-century warship having sides armored with metal plates.

Covered or cased with iron plates, as a vessel for naval warfare; armor-plated.

Figuratively, very rigid or strict; constructed, as a form of words, so as to allow no evasion or escape, or permit no flaw to be detected.