clout-nailn.
1. A flat-headed nail for fastening a ‘wain-clout’ on an axle, etc.
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1463 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) III. 453/1 Clout nail.
1581 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) III. 453/1.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Clou à hape, a clowte nayle.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 546 By far the largest amount of information..on the various contributories to a cart is that given for cart clouts and clout-nails.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Clout-nail.
2. A nail with a large and flat head used to stud or clout a surface, e.g. the soles of heavy boots.
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Clout-nail, used to stud timbers exposed to the action of marine borers; also in fastening leather to wood. A long blunt stub-nail for boot-soles.
1881 Mechanic §329. 138 The clout-nail..has a broad flat head and a round shank..terminating in a sharp point.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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