froster n Cp OED frost sb 7 c frost-nail (1874); Kilkenny Lexicon froster. A nail or cleat on horse's hoof to prevent slipping on the ice; a similar device fastened to a man's boot.
   1785 PANL [engineers' report] Frosters; [on horses' hooves]. [1900 OLIVER & BURKE] 63 "Wedding Cake at Betsy's Marriage in Fogo": And frosters from sealer's skin boots. 1924 ENGLAND 6 I marvelled at the thick soles of these waterproof boots: soles studded with 'sparables,' 'chisels,' or 'frosters,' as various kinds of nails are called. 1968 DILLON 159 They used to put frosters in the heels o' the boots. They'd leave 'em down so far, the way you wouldn't slip of a frosty day.

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