horsenail

English

Etymology

horse +‎ nail

Noun

horsenail (plural horsenails)

  1. A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horseshoe to the hoof; a horseshoe nail.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for horsenail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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