hobnail
English
Etymology
Noun
hobnail (plural hobnails)
- A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.
- (obsolete) A clownish person; a rustic.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Translations
short nail with a thick head
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Coordinate terms
Verb
hobnail (third-person singular simple present hobnails, present participle hobnailing, simple past and past participle hobnailed)
- To fit with hobnails.
- a machine for the hobnailing of shoes
- (transitive) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
- 1875, Tennyson, Queen Mary:
- Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush.