Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Ironsides

The soldiers that served under Cromwell were so called, especially after the battle of Marston Moor, where they displayed an iron resolution.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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