dowel [dou-uh l] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
- a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
- a round wooden rod of relatively small diameter.
- Dentistry. a peg, usually of metal, set into the root canal of a natural tooth to give additional support to an artificial crown.
verb (used with object), dow·eled, dow·el·ing or (especially British) dow·elled, dow·el·ling.
- to reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels.
Origin of dowel 1300–50; Middle English dowle Middle Low German dovel plug; compare German Döbel, Dübel, Old High German tubili Related formsun·dow·eled, adjectiveun·dow·elled, adjective Examples from the Web for doweling Historical Examples of doweling
The construction may be further strengthened by also doweling the end of this stretcher into the legs.
William Noyes
British Dictionary definitions for doweling doweling dowelling noun carpentry cabinetmaking
- the joining of two pieces of wood using dowels
- wood or other material in a long thin rod for cutting up into dowels
dowel noun
- a wooden or metal peg that fits into two corresponding holes to join two adjacent partsAlso called: dowel pin
Word Origin for dowel C14: from Middle Low German dövel plug, from Old High German tubili; related to Greek thuphos wedge Word Origin and History for doweling dowel n.
mid-14c., dule “rim or section of a wheel,” perhaps akin to Middle Low German dovel “plug, tap” (of a cask). Modern meaning is first attested 1794.