Talk:Moray Starboat (Frontier)

"it can pack a punch, if it has been turned into an Iron Arse " Sadly for devotees of proper English, it is an Iron Ass... cf The Dark Wheel... --RavenRed

'Ass' is correct

I don't think Iron Ass in this context is talking about an iron rear end. From the context, or at least I infer, 'ass' means donkey-like animal; it seems that there is an undercurrent in The Dark Wheel that a slang term for your ship is 'an ass', and therefore 'an iron ass' is a well defended or strong ship. 'Ass' because most ships are capable of the unglamorous pack-animal job of trade. --Winston