trenail

Updated: June 5, 2025

Howsomedevers, he'll stand no nonsense; and when he puts his foot down, you may as well give up, as you might sooner soft-sawder a trenail into a two-inch plank as get over him and shirk your duty!

John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson - On Board the Esmeralda: Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story