sparable
/ˈsparəb(ə)l
/noun
A headless nail used for the soles and heels of shoes.I put a patch inside the right shoe - and have nailed them inside the toe and put sparables in the heels.
Origin
Early 17th century: contraction of sparrow-bill (in the same sense), with reference to the nail's shape.
- ahead of (or behind) the curve
- ahead of (or behind) the game
- ahead of time
- a head start
- aheap
- a heartbeat (away) from
- aheight
- a-height
- a helping hand
- ahem
- ahermatypic
- Ahern, Bertie
- ahi
- ahigh
- a high old ——
- ahight
- a hill of beans
- ahimsa
- ahind
- ahistoric
- ahistorical
- ahistorically
- ahistoricism
- Ahmadabad
- Ahmadi