Treenail

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:54:49

Tree"nail` (?), n. [Tree + nail.] Shipbuilding

A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.

[Written also trenail, and trunnel.]

 

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