hobnailEtymologyFrom hob + nail. The oldest attestation is in William Shakespeare, but he likely did not coin the term.nounA short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles.A yokel; a rustic.“Next, the word Politician is not us'd to his maw, and therupon he plays the most notorious hobbihors, jesting and frisking in the luxury of his non-sense with such poor fetches to cog a laughter from us, that no antic hobnaile at a Morris, but is more hansomly facetious.”verbTo fit with hobnails.“a machine for the hobnailing of shoes”To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.“Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush.”