twelvepenny nail

See also: twelve-penny nail and twelve penny nail

English

Alternative forms

• twelve penny nail, twelve-penny nail

Noun

twelvepenny nail (plural twelvepenny nails)

1. (dated) A relatively large nail, three and one-quarter inches (8.25 centimeters) in length.

See also

• fourpenny nail
• sixpenny nail
• eightpenny nail
• tenpenny nail
• sixteenpenny nail

References

• “twelvepenny nail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.