trenail

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trenail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  Trenail \Tre"nail`\, n. (Shipbuilding)
     Same as Treenail.
     [1913 Webster]

trenail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  trenail
      n 1: a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in
           shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the
           timbers fast [syn: treenail, trenail, trunnel]