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Meanings of trenail in English

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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.

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        Examples for "trunnel"
        Examples for "trunnel"
        1
        I slept in a little trunnel bed under my mother's mistress' bed.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        2
        Into each of these we graved a piece of plank, and in one of them we drove a trunnel where none had been before.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        1
        When we found that no one was inside we told Captain Treenail of the man we had seen climbing up the cliff.
        Captain Mugford: Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors
        Usage of trenail in English
        1
        Cross pieces, 12 feet long, were pegged to this by trenails-nailsformed of tough and hard wood.
        For Name and Fame; Or, Through Afghan Passes
        2
        Each stone was fastened to its neighbour above, below, and around by means of dovetails, joggles, oaken trenails, and mortar.
        The Lighthouse
        3
        It is of a pale lemon colour; and is considered more durable for trenails than any other-thatof the locust excepted.
        The Boy Hunters
        4
        These we cut to the proper size, and bound them together by slats, and trenails made out of the hard locust-wood.
        The Desert Home: The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderne...
        5
        The remainder of this tide, from the threatening appearance of the weather, was occupied in trenailing and making all things as secure as possible.
        Records of a Family of Engineers
        6
        But we will scru-scrutinise very particularly: remember me of scru-scrutinise, Mister Rattlin-agood word that scru-screws-trenails-tenpenny nails-hammers-iron-clamps,and dog-fastenings-what werewe all talking about.
        Rattlin the Reefer