DOWEL


Meaning of DOWEL in English

n. & v.

n. a headless peg of wood, metal, or plastic for holding together components of a structure.

v.tr. (dowelled, dowelling; US doweled, doweling) fasten with a dowel or dowels.

[ ME f. MLG dovel: cf. THOLE(1) ]

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