nailfast
Examples
“For carrying structures concrete must be expected to be used in the future, and if the concrete can be made nailfast and with a cement of a considerably quicker setting, it will satisfy⟳ the demands of to-day.”
“She arranged that the great bedsteads and such other things as were nailfast and heirlooms, should remain⟳ for the use⟳ of the tenants, that they might the better entertain travelling Friends.”
“On 9 May 1631 Experience⟳ Mitchell sold to Samuel Eddy for £20 "his dwelling house, garden plot & fence, with all things nailfast in the same," reserving a portion of the garden plot [PCR 12:18].”
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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