{Rother nail}, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Rother — Roth er, n. [OE. See {Rudder}.] A rudder. [1913 Webster] {Rother nail}, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; so called by shipwrights. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
k̂er-, k̂erǝ- : k̂rā-, k̂erei-, k̂ereu- — k̂er , k̂erǝ : k̂rā , k̂erei , k̂ereu English meaning: head; horn Deutsche Übersetzung: “das Oberste am Кörper: Kopf; Horn (and gehörnte Tiere); Gipfel” Material: O.Ind. síras n. (ved. only nom. acc.) “head, cusp, peak”, Av. sarah … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
