DOWEL
\dˈa͡ʊə͡l], \dˈaʊəl], \d_ˈaʊ_əl]\
Definitions of DOWEL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
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A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.
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To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
By Oddity Software
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A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
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A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.
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To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A pin for fastening together two pieces of stone or wood; in dentistry a peg for fastening an artificial crown to the natural root of a tooth.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A pin or tenon of iron or wood sunk into a piece of timber so as to fit into a corresponding hole in another piece.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
