plural of hobnail

A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles. / (obsolete) A clownish person; a rustic.

To fit with hobnails. / (transitive) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.

Having hobnails.

present participle of hobnail

plural of hobnailer

(informal) A hobnail boot.

A heavy-duty, hard-wearing work boot with hobnails in the sole to make them last longer and to provide grip on muddy ground.

(medicine) A liver that is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails, resulting from cirrhosis.

plural of hobnail liver