Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a toe, especially of a specified number or kind. Often used in combination.
- adjective Driven obliquely.
- adjective Secured by obliquely driven nails.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furnished or provided with a toe or toes: chiefly in composition with a qualifying word: as, long-toed, short-toed, black- toed, five -toed, pigeon -toed.
- In carpentry, noting a brace, strut, or stay when it is secured to a beam, sill, or joist by nails driven obliquely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition.
- adjective (Carp.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.
from , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
toe . - adjective construction Having the end secured by
nails drivenobliquely ; said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing. - adjective Having (a specified number or type of)
toes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in combination
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Examples
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