hobnail
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- noun
- /ˈhɑbˌneɪl/
- Archaic
:
clavo de hobnail
- (Start out slowly here; you can always build on your supply): one piece each of red and blue non-shiny background cloth, three yards long and about 60 inches wide, plus two pieces of background glass, 24 inches square, one clear and one with a hobnail design.
- hobnail boots
Examples
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The anomalous, partially complete skeleton was that of a male over the age of 45 buried wearing hobnail boots.
Blog text (19) -
On his hobnail boots
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The clear glass is placed onto the table, and the hobnail glass is held upright by the two supports.
Academic text (1999) -
This is some kind of hobnail I've never heard of.
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In close-up, his hobnail boots thump down the steps awkwardly, in marked contrast to Beatrice's footsteps from earlier.
Fiction book (1998) -
The soles were quite thick, made of several layers of hardened leather attached to the uppers by hobnails.
Fiction book (2000) -
The old woman wore boots to town, thick hobnails, but the minute she got there, she would take them off, put on delicate black shoes, those patent leather kind fastened with buttons, and proceed to walk up and down the street like a regular lady.
Fiction book (1995) -
Empires ascend to power in hobnail boots and descend into decadence in silken slippers.
Blog text (26) -
I felt artful, deft, and catlike as I set the slipper endlessly between a brass clock and a hobnail vase.
Fiction book (1998) -
His hobnail boots provided excellent grip on the icy path.
Synonyms
A small nail used to hold leather or thin wood
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Morphology
Etymology
Hobnail comes from two simple parts: hob, an old word for a small 'knob' or lump, and nail. A hobnail is literally a nail with a thick head put into a boot sole, which is why it protects the leather and makes a loud sound when you walk.