hobnail
Americannoun
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a large-headed nail for protecting the soles of heavy boots and shoes.
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a small allover pattern consisting of small tufts, as on fabrics, or of small studs, as on glass.
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During his many trips to abandoned mines around mid Wales he has found a child's footprint, hobnail boots, tools, miners' gloves and a 170-year-old barrow "still where the miner originally left it".
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2024
A beefy man in hobnail cowboy boots met me at a swanky hotel in Dubai, then said he was reluctant to take on such a small but difficult job.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
If you know when and where to look, you can find sumptuous patches of violet blewits, a foreboding rust-colored tree pathogen called the “orange hobnail canker” and a honey-hued jelly fungi known as “witches’ butter.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2021
A hobnail or a piece of wampum far exceeds it.
From Forbes ● Aug. 18, 2014
"Pete Grimes did that with his hobnail, cowhide boots!" said Eddy, sternly.
From Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple by May, Sophie
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