What does "dowel" mean?

Dowel: A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it. Dowel joint, a joint secured by a dowel or dowels. -- Dowel pin, a dowel. See Dowel, n., 1.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.

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