lin-nail Sc. and north. dial.
[f. *lin (see linch n.1) + nail. Cf. Ger. dial. lonnagel.]
= linch-pin.
| 1496 Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. I. 293 Item, for fyfty iij chenȝeis, to the lynnalis of the cartis and the erleddir pynnys..ixs. 1562 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 207 One wayne w{supt}{suph} yron bound wheilles, axill nailles, lyn nalles. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss. |