HOBNAIL
- to put hobnails (short nails with a broad head) on a shoe sole [v HOBNAILED, HOBNAILING, HOBNAILS]
- to furnish with broad headed short nails [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes
- small allover pattern consisting of small tufts, as on fabrics, or of small studs, as on glass