Found 2 items, similar to hobnail.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hobnail hobnail n : a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots v : supply with hobnails
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hobnail Hobnail \Hob"nail`\, n. [1st hob + nail.] 1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes. [1913 Webster] 2. A clownish person; a rustic. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver. [1913 Webster] Hobnail \Hob"nail`\, v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. [1913 Webster] Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]