clout-nail
clout-nail noun: a wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head, and used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.
Noun
clout-nail (plural clout-nails)
- A wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head, and used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.
- They must have been light, for, reckoned by the hundred, the average is not very different from that of the hundred-weight of iron; and clout-nails must have been of moderate size, as the value varies very little from that of horseshoe-nails.1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 546
clout-nail meaning in Tamil
clout-nail in Tamil
- செருப்பின் வில்லையாணி
Forms of clout-nail
| plural | clout-nails |
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Questions about clout-nail
- What does clout-nail mean?
- Clout-nail means a wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head, and used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.
- What is clout-nail in Tamil?
- Clout-nail in Tamil is செருப்பின் வில்லையாணி. See Clout-nail meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is clout-nail?
- Clout-nail is a noun.
- What is the plural of clout-nail?
- The plural of clout-nail is clout-nails.
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