eightpenny nail

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   a nail 2.5 inches long

   Broadernail

Questions about eightpenny nail

What does eightpenny nail mean?

eightpenny nail means "a nail 2.5 inches long".

Is eightpenny nail a common word?

eightpenny nail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.