نعل

na’l, s.m. A horse shoe; a shoe, sandal;—a hoof;—the ferrule at the end of a scabbard;—a heavy weight shaped like a horseshoe (with which athletes exercise themselves);—a wife:—na’l bāṅdhnā(-kā), To shoe (a beast):—na’l-band, s.m. A blacksmith (who shoes beasts), a farrier:—na’l-bandī, s.f. Shoeing (a horse or other beast, giving (a horse) new shoes (in opp. to khul-bandī, q.v.);—a light tribute, horse-shoe money (exacted, under Muhammadan rule, on the plea of keeping up the cavalry of the State, or preventing the horsemen from devastating the country):—na’lbandīdene-wālā, s.m. One who pays tribute, a tributary.