'Hobnail' definitions:
Definition of 'hobnail'
(from WordNet)
noun
A short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots
verb
Supply with hobnails
Definition of 'Hobnail'
From: GCIDE
- Hobnail \Hob"nail`\, n. [1st hob + nail.]
- 1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A clownish person; a rustic. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hobnail'
From: GCIDE
- Hobnail \Hob"nail`\, v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. [1913 Webster]
- Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]