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A German term for the cavity in the shoe made by the stamp into which the head of the nail will be sunk.
The bevel of the nail point is the slope that is present on one of the broad sides of the nail point. The point of the nail is guided away from the bevel and in the correct orientation guides the point of the nail away from the white line towards the outside of the hoof wall.
A nail which is driven in too close to the sensitive structures (but without actually penetrating them) can cause pain through indirect pressure, this is known as nail bind.
The top-most portion of the nail including the flat surface which is struck with the hammer and the chamfered edge. The shape of the head is square or rectangular.
The hole in the shoe through which a nail is struck into the hoof wall. The hole has a ground side opening and a foot side opening.