Associations to the word «Nailer»

Wiktionary

NAILER, noun. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
NAILER, noun. One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
NAILER, noun. A nailgun.
NAILER, noun. A piece of dimensional lumber and/or plywood secured to the deck or wall which provides a receiving medium for the fasteners. (Sometimes referred to as blocking.)

Dictionary definition

NAILER, noun. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats