Treenail

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Treenail \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}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  treenail
       n : a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding;
           water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
           [syn: {trenail}, {trunnel}]