dowel
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əl noun
1.
Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
2.
a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
3.
a round wooden rod of relatively small diameter.
verb (used with object)
5.
to reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English dowle < Middle Low German dovel plug; compare German Döbel, Dübel, Old High German tubili
1300–50; Middle English dowle < Middle Low German dovel plug; compare German Döbel, Dübel, Old High German tubili
Related forms
un·dow·eled, adjective
un·dow·elled, adjective
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| —n | |
| Also called: dowel pin a wooden or metal peg that fits into two corresponding holes to join two adjacent parts | |
| [C14: from Middle Low German dövel plug, from Old High German tubili; related to Greek thuphos wedge] | |
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Word Origin & History
dowel
early 14c., dule "rim or section of a wheel," perhaps akin to M.L.G. dovel "plug, tap" (of a cask). Modern meaning is first attested 1794.
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Example sentences
Alternatively, dowel bars may be mechanically placed by the paving machine.
Reduced number of dowel bar across transverse joints.
To make the axles, use a wood screw to hold the center of each can to a half-inch-diameter wooden dowel.
Several studies are looking at alternative dowel bar materials.
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