tenpenny nails
Three-inch construction fasteners
Tenpenny nails are common nails three inches long.
The penny system for sizing nails is ancient and obscure—the number may once have indicated price per hundred or weight.
A tenpenny nail is written 10d, the d from the Roman denarius.
Carpenters use tenpenny nails for framing and general construction where a sturdy, medium-length fastener is needed.
- fastenersDevices joining materials
- pennyweightTwenty grains per troy ounce
- carpentryWood construction trade
- shankLower leg segment
- clinchingSettling something conclusively
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