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Definition of Nailheads
1. nailhead [n] - See also: nailhead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nailheads
Literary usage of Nailheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"DETACHED nailheads OR BOSSES. XVI Century. Hispanic Society of America. Average 4
in. sq. Nos. 40, 42, 43, 46,, ..."
2. Records of Buckinghamshire, Or, Papers and Notes on the History, Antiquities by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society (1903)
"... ornamental nailheads, then comes a course of bold zigzag, and then on the
inner order a series of pointed arches, plainer than, but somewhat similar to, ..."
3. School Earthquake Preparedness GuidebookNature (1994)
"If just a few nailheads show, usually the strength of the wall has not decreased.
However, if many nailheads show or the shank of the nail is visible, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... in which there was no sharp line of distinction between the religious portrait
statue and the ornament* composed of mere zigzags and nailheads. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"They are not now common, except when it is desirable to complete decorative
wrought-iron work by having the visible nailheads also finely designed. ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1837)
"The connecting archivolt mouldings have a beautiful effect, and consist of large
bold nailheads with a peculiar enrichment, each being divided from the ..."
7. Old Houses in Holland by Sydney Robert Jones (1913)
"Projecting nailheads arranged in vertical lines, together with other ironwork,
give further interesting ornamentation. Another doorway from the same town ..."
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