ring fingernail

• ring finger nail, ring-finger nail, ring-fingernail

Blend of ring finger +‎ fingernail.

ring fingernail (plural ring fingernails)

1. The nail of the ring finger.
   • 1950 September 27, “Lady Ester Employee Suffers Finger Injury”, in Berwick Enterprise, volume XLVIII, number 147, Berwick, Pa., →OCLC, page 7, column 6:

     Josephine Mysowski, of Wapwallopen RD 2, was treated in Berwick Hospital dispensary this morning for a splinter under the right ring fingernail.

   • 2019 June 12, Danielle Zoellner, “'It looks like the nail is running away!' Bride-to-be proudly shares a photo of her huge engagement ring online - but all commenters can focus on is the AWFUL state of her fake nails”, in Daily Mail‎^[1], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 July 2019:

     Another person thought the woman potentially left her ring fingernail long without getting it filled in because the other nails appear more normal.

   • 2013 August 9, Mary Kenney, “Lonely in the L.P.G.A.”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 August 2013:

     When [Chie] Arimura arrived in Waterloo, Ontario, on July 8 for the Manulife Financial Classic, her fingernails were pink. She repainted them that night, bright red for the tournament, though her ring fingernails were left gold.