dowelling

Variant of dowel

dowel definition

dowel (do̵u′əl)

noun

a short cylinder of wood, metal, etc., usually fitted into corresponding holes in two pieces to fasten them together

Etymology: ME doule, prob. akin to MLowG dövel, Ger döbel, a plug < IE base *dheubh-, a peg, wooden pin > dub

transitive verb doweled -·eled or dowelled -·elled, doweling -·el·ing or dowelling -·el·ling

to fasten or furnish with dowels

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