ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: hob (II) + nail
1. : a short nail with a large head and a sharp point that is used especially for studding soles of heavy shoes (as work shoes)
2. archaic : a countrified often loutish individual : clodhopper
troops of hobnails clumping to church — W.M.Thackeray
3.
a. : a pattern consisting of small tufts usually closely spaced (as on some bedspreads) or of similarly spaced bosses often having the shape of diamonds (as in some vases and other objects made of pressed glass)
b. : one of the tufts or bosses used in such a pattern