dowel

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A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position
A headless wooden pin used in furniture construction
a short length of bar embedded in two parts of a structure to hold the parts in place and to transfer stress
Round (usually non-corrosive) metal pin used in anchoring and aligning Cast Stone
A dowel is a short thin piece of wood or metal which is used for joining larger pieces of wood or metal together. a wooden pin for holding two pieces of wood, metal, or stone together
a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
A headless pin of wood used with an adhesive, to hold a joint together
A wood peg or pin is inserted into corresponding hole Burton uses fluted dowels to join drawer members in some products
To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask
a short, round or square length of metal used to attach and prevent movement and displacement of wooden, stone, concrete, or metal pieces when placed in a hole in their contact surfaces Dowels generally resist shear forces, but footing dowels in reinforced concrete walls and columns resist bending forces See also drift bolt
A wooden pin or peg fitted into corresponding holes in to adjacent pieces of wood to fasten them securely together
{i} headless peg used to fasten together two pieces of stone or wood
[n] a round wooden peg that is glued into two drilled holes where two parts of a piece of furniture are joined It appears in less-expensive furniture of the late 19th and early 20th century
{f} fasten together with dowels
a wood peg or pin is inserted into corresponding hole
A wooden dowel is used as the fastening device on the Alectra cabinetry to hold the end panels, tops and bottoms of the cabinet together The dowel used with the application of adhesives and pressure creates a very stable cabinet
doweling
fastening by dowels
dowelling
wood in the shape of a round rod, cut up to make dowels
dowel

    Hyphenation

    dow·el

    Turkish pronunciation

    dauıl

    Pronunciation

    /ˈdouəl/ /ˈdaʊəl/

    Etymology

    [ 'dau(-&)l ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English dowle; akin to Old High German tubili plug, Late Greek typhos wedge.
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