horsenail
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English hors nayl'; equivalent to horse + nail.
Noun[edit]
horsenail (plural horsenails)
- A kind of nail, for fixing a horseshoe to the hoof; a horseshoe nail.
References[edit]
- “horsenail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.