Home › Words › N › nailsnails/neɪlz/nails means the four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck.nails is pronounced /neɪlz/.EtymologyUnidentified.nounThe four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on which bargains used to be struck.nameA surname.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).