dowel
dowel · dowels · doweled / dowelled · doweling
To fasten together with dowelsTo fasten together with dowels.
/ˈdaʊəl/
» This tooth has a dowel crown.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To fasten together with dowels.
(transitive)To furnish with dowels.
A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
Examples
2 sentencesThis tooth has a dowel crown.
I stuck some wooden dowels in the joint to keep it together.
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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Forms
dowels, doweling, doweled, doweledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle