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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A pair of battered black hobnail boots were found...
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
A hobnail or a piece of wampum far exceeds it.
From Forbes ● Aug. 18, 2014
Slit sleeves appeared to fall away from jacket shoulders; hobnail boots sprouted gnarls, and stilettos had carved iris heels.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2010
There were marks enough when the police came to investigate, but they were the marks made by a twelve-stone man in hobnail boots, who had scrambled into, and out of, the pond.
From The Wonder by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
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