hob-nailed

See also: hobnailed

English

Adjective

hob-nailed (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of hobnailed
   • 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):

     Benedict knew by the hob-nailed shoes it was Basil the blacksmith,