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dowel


dowel [dou-uh l] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
  2. a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
  3. a round wooden rod of relatively small diameter.
  4. 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.

  1. 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.

    Handwork in Wood

    William Noyes

  • British Dictionary definitions for doweling doweling dowelling noun carpentry cabinetmaking

    1. the joining of two pieces of wood using dowels
    2. wood or other material in a long thin rod for cutting up into dowels

    dowel noun

    1. 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.

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