Hobnail

Hobnail can mean:

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• a short nail with a thick head; used to increase the durabibility the soles of boots.
• hobnail boots, which have been used since antiquity for inexpensive, durable footwear, often by the military. Hobnails are usually installed in a regular pattern over the entire sole and also, to a lesser degree than cleats, provide some traction. Now obsoleted by treads, hobnail boots might still be used to emphasize a rough, primitive style.
• a pattern of glasswear (sometime called Fenton Hobnail) where the body of the piece has a regular array of bumps, as if finished with glass hobnails
• A musical band in New Zealand, called Hobnail Boots