TREENAILS

Noun

treenails

plural of treenail

Anagrams

• alternise, elaterins, entailers, larsenite, nearliest, triselane

Source: Wiktionary


TREENAIL

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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