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Значения термина trunnel на английском

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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.

Синонимы
Examples for "treenail"
Examples for "treenail"
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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
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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
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Each stone was fastened to its neighbour above, below, and around by means of dovetails, joggles, oaken trenails, and mortar.
The Lighthouse
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It is of a pale lemon colour; and is considered more durable for trenails than any other-thatof the locust excepted.
The Boy Hunters
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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...
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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
Использование термина trunnel на английском
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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...
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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.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
Частые словосочетания
Trunnel через время