Meaning

4 senses
  1. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.

  2. One who fastens with, or drives, nails.

  3. A nailgun.

  4. A piece of dimensional lumber and/or plywood secured to the deck or wall which provides a receiving medium for the fasteners. (Sometimes referred to as blocking.)

More definitions
  • a worker who attaches something by nailing it

Origin

From Middle English nayler; equivalent to nail + -er.

From Middle English nayler; equivalent to nail + -er.

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Forms

plural: nailers
Singularnailer
Pluralnailers

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatednail
Derivednaileress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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