What is a long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also trenail, and trunnel.] called?
treenail — A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also trenail, and trunnel.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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