NIPPERS (in Farriery). An instrument with which the smith or farrier cuts off the points of the nails driven through the hoof, before he clinches or rivets them, and which he also uses in taking off a shoe.
Harewood, Harry. A Dictionary of Sports. London: T. Tegg and son, 1835
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