box nail

noun

1. a nail having a long shank, smooth or barbed, with a sharp point and a flat head.

Example Sentences

Yes, that’s what I’ll have to do—pack you off, put you in a box, nail you up tight, stick a label on it and ship you somewhere.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes friendly hands cut the name and the company of the deceased upon the flap of a cartridge box, nail it to a piece of board and place at, the head, but this was soon knocked down, and at the end of a short time all traces of the dead are obliterated.

From Project Gutenberg