nailmaking

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A form of nail-making — The manufacture of nails.

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Meanings

nounnailmaking (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of nail-making.

    Ravenhead possessed several subsidiary departments, manufactured brass, and included a brass foundry and a nailmaking department.

    1993, Theodore Cardwell Barker, John Raymond Harris, A Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens, 1750-1900, →ISBN
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    Manufacturers from 1608 to 1860, published in 1864, contains much information about the early history of nailmaking in the United States.

    1979, Amos John Loveday, The Cut Nail Industry 1776-1890; Technology, Cost Accounting and the Upper Ohio Valley

    In 1794, Thomas Jefferson decided to add nailmaking to his blacksmithing operation to supplement his income so that he could improve his agricultural lands.

    2010, Kym S. Rice, Martha B. Katz-Hyman, World of a Slave, →ISBN
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APA

nailmaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailmaking

MLA

“nailmaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailmaking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nailmaking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nailmaking.

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