hobnailed

• Adjektiv, das Schuhe oder Stiefel beschreibt, deren Sohle mit kurzen, dicken Nägeln beschlagen ist, um sie haltbarer zu machen, meist für grobe Arbeit im Freien. Heute gilt das Wort als veraltet oder historisch.

An adjective describing boots or shoes that have short, heavy nails driven into the soles to make them durable, typically for rough outdoor work. The word is now considered old-fashioned or historical.

1. Wearing hobnailed bootsC2formalbritish

   Marked by the wearing of heavy boots that are studded with hobnails, often associated with laborers or soldiers.

   In genagelten Stiefeln

   • The hobnailed soldiers marched across the cobblestone street.
   • His hobnailed boots left deep marks in the mud.
   • The old photograph showed a group of hobnailed workers at the factory.

• Veraltetes Verb mit der Bedeutung, schwer aufzutreten oder zu gehen, sowie Schuhe oder Stiefel mit Nägeln zu beschlagen.

An archaic verb meaning to trample or tread heavily, or to stud with hobnails (as in boots).

1. To trample or crushC2informalbritish

   To walk heavily or clumsily, often causing damage or leaving marks.

   Niedertrampeln

   • The crowd hobnailed across the muddy field after the concert.
   • He hobnailed through the garden, crushing the flowers.
   • The soldiers hobnailed over the fragile floorboards.

   Synonymecrushstampstomptrampletread