toenail

noun

1. a nail of a toe.
2. Carpentry. a nail driven obliquely.
3. Printing Slang. a parenthesis.

verb (used with object)

4. Carpentry. to secure with oblique nailing.

noun

1. a thin horny translucent plate covering part of the dorsal surface of the end joint of each toeRelated adjectives: ungual, ungular
2. carpentry a nail driven obliquely, as in joining one beam at right angles to another
3. printing slang a parenthesis

verb

4. (tr) carpentry to join (beams) by driving nails obliquely

n.

also toe-nail, 1735, from toe (n.) + nail (n.).

n.

1. The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe.