wood. The shanks are lighter than âcommonâ nails but heavier than âboxâ or âcoolersâ, and they are slightly shorter, by penny weight, than a common nail. The idea being, you could easily drive them deeper than other nails and that the shank would thus penetrate further than if using a flat head nail, like a common, box or cooler nail.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  steampunk(Noun) A subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th century society. 2  steampunk(Noun) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character. 3  steampunk(Verb) To depict in a steampunk manner.
And we showed off a beautiful steampunk dragon and some stunning steampunk clocks from artist Eric Freitas. You can see an example of his work, as well as the dragon, below. Freitas' Quartz no. 6. Now, though, you may be wondering what exactly steampunk is. And weâre here to introduce you to something that we think is really cool, a little steampunk culture.