Nailhead

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nail-headed \Nail"-head`ed\, a.
     Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble
     the head of a nail.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Nail-headed characters}, arrowheaded or cuneiform


        characters. See under {Arrowheaded}.
  
     {Nail-headed molding} (Arch.), an ornament consisting of a
        series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of
        large nails; -- called also {nail-head molding}, or
        {nail-head}. It is the same as the simplest form of
        dogtooth. See {Dogtooth}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nailhead
       n 1: something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an
            ornamental device
       2: flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point