dowel
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two…A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
» This tooth has a dowel crown.
Meaning
3 sensesA pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
Dübel, Holzdübel, Feder
шпо́нкаšpónka, штифтštift, на́гельnágelʹ
a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
Dübel, Feder, Holzdübel
дю́бельdjúbelʹ
Examples
2 sentencesThis tooth has a dowel crown.
I stuck some wooden dowels in the joint to keep it together.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English dowle, dule, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French doelle (“theFrom Middle English dowle, dule, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French doelle (“the hollow part of a tool where the handle is”), from Frankish *duli (“hollow tube, pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *dulją (“pipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰel- (“curvature, hollow”). If so, then cognate with French douelle, douille.
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