TREENAIL
\tɹˈiːne͡ɪl], \tɹˈiːneɪl], \t_ɹ_ˈiː_n_eɪ_l]\
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a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
By Princeton University
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a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Daniel Lyons
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One of the long wooden bolts used in fastening the planks of a ship to the timbers: genealogical or family tree, the drawing or picture of a tree, in which the different divisions of a family are exhibited as the branches, and the relation of each family to the common ancestor, as the trunk or stocl, shown at a glance.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.