TREENAIL

treenail, trenail, trunnel

(noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

treenail (plural treenails)

A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener.

Anagrams

• elaterin, entailer, neatlier

Source: Wiktionary


Tree"nail`, n. Etym: [Tree + nail.] (Shipbuilding)

Definition: A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also trenail, and trunnel.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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