† nailfast, a. Obs. rare.
[f. nail n. + fast a. Cf. MDu. nagelvast, MLG. naelvast, G. nagelfest, ON. nagl(a)fastr (Sw. nagelfast, Dan. naglefast).]
Fastened with nails.
| 1428 Will W. Ward (Somerset Ho.), Ita quod nichil dict. rotefast vel naylefast inde capiat. 1640 Will Cowper ibid., All goods nailfast in the said house. |