corking pin

Noun

corking pin (plural corking pins)

1. (obsolete) A large pin used to attach a woman's headdress to a cork mould.
   • December 1 1720, Jonathan Swift, a letter of advice to a young poet
     There is a certain little instrument, the first of those in use with scholars, and the meanest, considering the materials of it, whether it be a joint of wheaten straw (the old Arcadian pipe) or just three inches of slender wire...
   • Her petticoats he o'er hed head throws,
     And pins 'em tight unto the bed-cloathes,
     With two great corking-pins he brought,
     On purpose for't - a lucky thought!1735, Unknown, Kick him Jenny, a merry tale