- trunnel
- wooden shipbuilding peg used for fastening timbers
Phrontistery dictionary. 2013.
trunnel
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Trunnel — Trun nel, n. (Shipbuilding) See {Treenail}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trunnel — Trun nel, n. A trundle. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trunnel — [trun′əl] n. var. of TREENAIL … English World dictionary
trunnel — Treenail Tree nail , n. [Tree + nail.] (Shipbuilding) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also {trenail}, and {trunnel}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trunnel — variant of treenail … New Collegiate Dictionary
trunnel — /trun l/, n. treenail. [var. of TREENAIL, perh. by association with TRUNDLE] * * * … Universalium
trunnel — [ trʌn(ə)l] noun US variant spelling of treenail … English new terms dictionary
trunnel — n. Treenail, wooden pin … New dictionary of synonyms
trunnel — trun·nel … English syllables
trunnel — /ˈtrʌnəl/ (say trunuhl) noun → treenail …
