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hobnail

short nail with a thick head driven into the soles of boots or other footwear to increase traction and improve durability
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hobnail

Summary

Key Facts

  • hobnail is a type of nail[1].
  • hobnail is a type of shoe component[2].
  • hobnail's described by source is recorded as The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion[3].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include nail[1] and shoe component[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hobnail_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hobnail}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hobnail}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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