nailhead

noun

often attributive

1

a

: the usually flattened boss that forms the end of a nail opposite to the point

b

: an ornament suggesting a nailhead

a belt studded with enamel nailheads

nailhead taffeta

2

: nail-headed molding

also : one of the pyramids forming such molding

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