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hobnailed

[ hob-neyld ]

adjective

  1. furnished with hobnails.
  2. rustic or loutish.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hobnailed1

First recorded in 1590–1600; hobnail + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

He had slipped after changing from hobnailed boots into hemp-soled climbing shoes on the upper face.

Sergeant Fugler, the best marksman in the Company, was a hard drinker, with a hobnailed liver.

He lay now in bed with that hobnailed liver, and the Doctor said it was only a question of days.

They did not run around barefooted in summer, nor wear “tackety” or hobnailed boots in winter.

He wore a smock, high brown leather gaiters reaching almost to his thighs, and very thick hobnailed boots.

The shoe had two heavy soles, the outer one being hobnailed.

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