clinch nail


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clinch nail, clench nail

Any nail designed for clinching after driving.
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A collection of clinch nails, used on Viking longships, is the strongest clue to a ship burial.
Metal detecting enthusiasts have uncovered what is believed to be the first-known Viking ship burial to be found south of Hadrian's Wall in a Yorkshire field
Also, three men were needed to hammer and clinch nails in work now done with the portable staplers by two men,
35 years ago. (From the Archives)

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