nall
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either from Icelandic nál (“needle”), or from an awl, like newt, from ewt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nall (plural nalls)
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) An awl.
- 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
- , And apron, and scissars for head and for tail,
Whole bridle and saddle, whitleather, and nall,
With collars and harness, for thiller and all […]