Definitions for hobnailed

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hob•nailˈhɒbˌneɪl(n.)

  1. a large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes.

Origin of hobnail:

1585–95; hob1+nail

hob′nailed`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hobnailed(adj)

    marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails

    "hobnailed laborers"

Wiktionary

  1. hobnailed(Adjective)

    Describing something that has hobnails.

    The farmer's hobnailed boots were used in mud and snow.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hobnailed(adj)

    see with hobnails, as a shoe


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