Strap rails introduced in the late 18th century, of cast and later rolled iron were nailed to wooden supports via countersunk holes in the metal.

Strakes were lengths of iron that were nailed to the outside of wheels to hold wooden wheels together.

Consequently, it was in northern Europe that the nailed horseshoe arose in its modern form.

Harnett painted musical instruments, hanging game, and tankards, but also painted the unconventional Golden Horseshoe ( 1886 ), a single rusted horseshoe shown nailed to a board.

# A horseshoe is still nailed behind many doors to counteract the effects of witchcraft: a hagstone with a hole through, tied to the key of the stable-door, protects the horses, and, if hung up at the bed's head, the farmer also.

However, the excited native Chamorros, who did not share the Spaniards concept of ownership, canoed out first and began helping themselves to everything that was not nailed down to the ship.

A first inaccurate account of the length of the nail led some to believe that it had been driven through both heels, suggesting that the man had been placed in a sort of sidesaddle position, but the true length of the nail, 11. 5 cm ( 4. 53 inches ), suggests instead that in this case of crucifixion the heels were nailed to opposite sides of the upright.

After going scoreless in the first half, Robert Horry had the " hot hand " in the second half overtime as he nailed a clutch 3-point shot with 9 second remaining to give the Spurs a dramatic 96 – 95 win.

In 2010, The Huffington Post called Soap a " timeless comedy " and concluded: " Rarely does a show come along with such a unique voice and vision from the first episode, but Susan Harris, who wrote every episode, absolutely nailed her vision.

On the first voyage of the transcontinental voyage of the Canadian railroad, Macdonald built Agnes a platform on the cowcatcher of the train and had a chair nailed to it so she could see the land united by the train.

* Crest: A portcullis or, nailed azure, chains of the first.

Beginning in 1984, Marshall football experienced a remarkable turnaround as Stan Parrish's first team nailed down a 6 – 5 mark with a 31 – 28 win at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn., inside the Memorial Center or " Mini-Dome ," the Buccaneers 12, 000-seat indoor football facility.

It was on March 21, 2008, Pampanga carpenter Ruben Enage, 47, when he was nailed to a wooden cross on Good Friday for the 22nd time, since his first in 1985.

She reportedly nailed the song on the very first take.

After a see-saw battle through the first ten rounds, Johnson nailed — and floored — Galindez with one of his fabled ' over-the-top-from-underneath ' left hands, and the title changed hands when the champion's corner surrendered after Galindez hit the canvas.

Released toward the end of 1996, " The Beckoning " in particular cemented Noel's name as One to Watch in the 9-7, and subsequent work ( including a jaw-dropping remix for Neotropic's Riz Maslen on her 15 Levels EP, as well as a pair of mixes on the Future Sound of London's " We Have Explosive " maxi and the first non-FSOL release on the latter's Electronic Brain Violence label ) proved as much ; Noel nailed a recording deal with Warner Bros. in 1997 and released his self-titled first album later that year.

This was constructed first, followed by the upper frame, and the thwarts were then nailed into place.

Huddersfield were relegated to Division Two for the first time in their history but Beattie, then one of the youngest managers in the Football League, and who had now nailed two lucky horseshoes to his office wall, was already planning ahead.

Meanwhile, Houston recorded a mark of 96 – 66 to capture the NL West title, clinching the crown when staff ace Mike Scott threw a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants, marking the first time any team had nailed down a division championship with a no-hitter.

This second top plate usually laps the first plate at the corners and partition intersections and, when nailed in place, provides an additional tie to the framed walls.

Moore nailed a 3 in the first OT with 2. 5 seconds left to send the game into the second OT.

During the match between McMahon and Eric Bischoff, Lesnar appeared on Raw and nailed Steve Austin with an F-5 then stole Austin's four-wheeler.

Mirkin thought Turner was " completely game " when she showed up at the recording studio to record her lines as she " nailed " her lines really fast.

By approximately the 6th or 7th centuries, horsemen in Europe nailed metal shoes to horses ' hooves.

However, in his Histories, ix. 120 – 122, the Greek writer Herodotus describes the execution of a Persian general at the hands of Athenians in about 479 BC: " They nailed him to a plank and hung him up ... this Artayctes who suffered death by crucifixion.

With just a few seconds left on the clock, Butler correctly answered a toss-up question about Einstein, and Gearreald nailed the bonus question (" For twenty points, what were Balmung and Durandal?

After being taken to Ysmault, he is nailed to a cross to await his execution at the hands of Atrocitus who wishes to make Sinestro suffer greatly by taking his revenge on everything he has ever cared about.

Gamini helps them with a fellow Sri Lankan whose hands have been nailed to a road, and tells them about the various atrocities citizens face as a result of the civil war.

He was about fifteen feet high ; the legs were nailed to the scantling so one of the sharp edges was turned up, which made it very painful and uncomfortable to the poor fellow especially when he had to be ridden bareback, sometimes with heavy weights fastened to his feet and sometimes with a large beef bone in each hand.

Since at least the mid-19th century, a group of Catholic flagellants in New Mexico called Hermanos de Luz (" Brothers of Light ") have annually conducted reenactments of Jesus Christ's crucifixion during Holy Week, in which a penitent is tied — but not nailed — to a cross.

The resistance to the slave trade was growing by the mid-nineteenth century ; in one famous case in 1848, Henry " Box " Brown made history by having himself nailed into a small box and shipped from Richmond to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, escaping slavery.

Even into the 20th century, the punishment for stealing from a mine was to have one's hand nailed to the stowce.

These restrictions were taken seriously ; in the 18th century, even a wealthy Cagot had his hand cut off and nailed to the church door for daring to touch the font reserved for " clean " citizens.

All the materials he had to work with was a strip board nailed to the floor with a row of tallow candles It wasn ’ t until 1849, when Jefferson returned to New York that he began to earn both critical and financial success though not nearly to the extent he would earn later in life In 1861 due to his failing health and the death of his wife, he left to go to San Francisco and then on to Australia After spending four years in Australia, he left for London and met Dion Boucicault who would revise Rip Van Winkle, turning it from just a play in Jefferson ’ s repertoire to being “ a pronounced success and ran for one hundred and seventy nights .” Opening night on September 5, 1865 at the Adelphi Theatre in London sparked what would become one of the most celebrated characters of the stage in the 19th century.

On the weekend of Pentecost, arrangements were made for him to nail these to the door of the Wittenberg church where Martin Luther nailed the original 95 Theses in the 16th century, the act credited as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

According to chronicles, prince Oleg who in the 9th century with his Rus Vikings had captured Constantinople, had nailed his shield to the cities gates, which had a large red Swastika painted on it.

These latter are known by the French term chasse, and typical examples from the 12th to 14th century have wooden frameworks with gilt-copper plaques nailed on, decorated in champlevé enamel.

The oldest cumdach surviving largely in its original form is that made in the early 11th century for the gospels of Saint Molaise ( NMI, R4006, 14. 75 cm high, 11. 70 wide ) with the typical construction of a wooden core to which metal plaques are nailed.

Although nkisi nkondi have probably been made since at least the sixteenth century, the specifically nailed figures, which have been the object of intensive collection in Western museums, nailed nkondi were probably made primarily in the northern part of the Kongo cultural zone in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Some brilliant rookies nailed them down, so that this spring just two spots, left and right field, are really up for grabs.

Somebody, got to be somebody If I don't put my two cents in soon, somebody else will I know they're waitin only for one thing: for the bastards what done it to be nailed.

These boards are nailed to the roof beams by reaching up through the open space between the beams, from inside the shelter.

All frames are butted at the joints and 3/8-inch plywood gussets are glued and nailed on each side of each joint, again using the one-inch, No. 12 nails.

The joints are also reinforced on each side with small blocks set in resin-saturated Fiberglas cloth and nailed.

Again, these blocks were set in resin-saturated glass cloth and nailed.

It is recommended that panels be both glued as well as nailed to the frame.

About halfway back Pops groped against a wall and stopped, pulled away two loosely nailed wide boards at one end, and went through.

He really crucified him he nailed it for a yard loss ''.

Since 1892 ears of red, yellow, purple and white corn have annually been nailed to 11 big picture panels to create huge `` paintings ''.

He then nailed Marsyas ' shaggy skin to a nearby pine-tree.

But we nailed him in Antwerp – thanks to Mr. Poirot here.

Al-Fihri's head was sent to Córdoba, where Abd al-Rahman had it nailed to a bridge.

After rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot ( 3. 05 m ) elevated track.

Spring bronze weatherstripping comes in rolls of thin sheets and is nailed or stapled to wood windows and doors.

Although Captain Du Petit Thouars had lost both legs and an arm he remained in command, insisting on having the tricolour nailed to the mast to prevent it from being struck and giving orders from his position propped up on deck in a bucket of wheat.

Objects were nailed, screwed or fastened together in different fashions.

" Byō-uchi-daiko " ( 鋲撃ち太鼓, tacked-struck drum ) taiko have heads nailed to the body.

Windows are sometimes nailed shut to prevent escape.

However, the quarterback coming up fast nailed me as I caught it.

For instance, a Thief who has not registered with the Thieves ' Guild may well find his ears nailed to the Guild door.

In 1517 the Reformation began with the publication of Martin Luther's 95 Theses ; he had posted them in the town square, and gave copies of them to German nobles, but it is debated whether he nailed them to the church door in Wittenberg as is commonly said.