Definitions for hobnail
ˈhɒbˌneɪlhob·nail

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hobnailverb

   a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots

2. hobnailverb

   supply with hobnails

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hobnailnoun

   A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.

2. hobnailverb

   To fit with hobnails.

   a machine for the hobnailing of shoes

3. hobnailverb

   To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.

   Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. uE000291798uE001 Tennyson.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hobnailnoun

   A nail used in shoing a hobby or little horse; a nail with a thick strong head.

   Etymology: from hobby and nail.

   Steel, if thou turn thine edge, or cut not out the burly-bon’d clown in chines of beef, ere thou sleep in thy sheath, I beseech Jove on my knees thou may’st be turn’d into hobnails. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. iii.

   We shall buy maidens as they buy hobnails, by the hundred. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hobnail

   In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles.

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1. hobnail

   A hobnail is a short, thick, sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel that is typically hammered into a shoe to provide durability and prevent slipping. These were historically used by workers, soldiers, or hikers for added traction on difficult surfaces. In a broader sense, hobnail may also refer to a pattern or design featuring raised round knobs, similar in appearance to those found on hobnail boots.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hobnailnoun

   a short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes

2. Hobnailnoun

   a clownish person; a rustic

3. Hobnailverb

   to tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes

4. Etymology: [1st hob + nail.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hobnail

   In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles. Hobnailed boots are boots with hobnails, usually installed in a regular pattern, over the sole. They also usually have an iron horseshoe-shaped insert, called a heel iron, to strengthen the heel, and an iron toe-piece. The hobnails project below the sole and provide traction on soft or rocky ground and snow, but they tend to slide on smooth hard surfaces. They have been used since antiquity for inexpensive durable footwear, often by workmen and the military, including as the trench boots of World War I. Important design work for the modern hobnailed boot was done during World War I, e.g. the "Pershing Boot" in the USA. Problems experienced in designing WWI USA army boots were: ⁕Tearing at the backstay: cured by sewing the backstay on with 3 rows of stitching each side. ⁕Letting water in: cured by dubbin. ⁕Rotting in foul conditions in trenches: cured by chrome tanning rather than only using vegetable tanning. ⁕Cold conducting through the hobnails into the feet: that, and need for strength, was cured by three thicknesses of leather in the soles.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hobnail

   See Hob (1).

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hobnail in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hobnail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hobnail
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hobnail
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hobnail
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobnail
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hobnail
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hobnail
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hobnail