Timberclad

Prof. Shimek, who has studied the fossils and argues strongly for the eolian origin, says the shells found at Council Bluffs, Iowa and at other points were denizens of timberclad hills.

At this time the streets of Melbourne were unformed, gum trees covered the present site of the city, timberclad slopes extended down to the Yarra, which was then a pleasant unpolluted stream.

For instance, when I go to Manchester where I hold court I cross a small stream which runs under a railroad bridge and then is lost behind timberclad hills.

Three timberclad gunboats also joined the federal flotilla as escorts for the troop transports.

Although the timberclad gunboats, the first units in the Western Flotilla, performed well, there were too few of them to accomplish all the missions required: Army support, counterinsurgency, convoy protection, patrol, communications, and coast guard.

A timberclad warship is a kind of mid 19th century river gunboat.

Small boats from the timberclad, under the direction of her executive officer Acting Volunteer Lt. Martin Dunn, were actively enggaged in the hunt for torpedoes all morning.