Meaning of clout-nail | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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