Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant of
treenail . - noun An obsolete variant of
trundle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Shipbuilding) See
treenail . - noun rare A trundle.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
treenail .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
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Examples
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The "trunnel" at Circle and Constitution is no different.
Gazette.com : 2008
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Either a pegged tenon or a trunnel a peg at least one and one-half inches in diameter should position the rafter securely.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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Either a pegged tenon or a trunnel a peg at least one and one-half inches in diameter should position the rafter securely.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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Either a pegged tenon or a trunnel a peg at least one and one-half inches in diameter should position the rafter securely.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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Either a pegged tenon or a trunnel a peg at least one and one-half inches in diameter should position the rafter securely.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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I slept in a little trunnel bed under my mother's mistress 'bed.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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But 'Liza was not inclined to leave the entertainment of gentlemen to "gals," whom she declared to be, for the most part, "wu'fless trunnel-baid trash."
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various 1887
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Into each of these we graved a piece of plank, and in one of them we drove a trunnel where none had been before.
hernesheir commented on the word trunnel
cf treenail and trenail.
November 2, 2009