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
treenail (plural treenails)
A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener.
• 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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
