dowel

[ dou-uh l ]
/ ˈdaʊ əl /

noun

Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
a round wooden rod of relatively small diameter.
Dentistry. a peg, usually of metal, set into the root canal of a natural tooth to give additional support to an artificial crown.

verb (used with object), dow·eled, dow·el·ing or (especially British) dow·elled, dow·el·ling.

to reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels.

Origin of dowel

1300–50; Middle English dowle < Middle Low German dovel plug; compare German Döbel, Dübel, Old High German tubili

OTHER WORDS FROM dowel

un·dow·eled, adjective un·dow·elled, adjective

Words nearby dowel

dowager, dowager's hump, dowden, dowding, dowdy, dowel, doweling, dowell, dower, dower chest, dower house

Example sentences from the Web for doweling

  • The construction may be further strengthened by also doweling the end of this stretcher into the legs.

    Handwork in Wood |William Noyes

British Dictionary definitions for doweling (1 of 2)

doweling

dowelling

/ (ˈdaʊlɪŋ, -əlɪŋ) /

noun carpentry cabinetmaking

the joining of two pieces of wood using dowels
wood or other material in a long thin rod for cutting up into dowels

British Dictionary definitions for doweling (2 of 2)

dowel
/ (ˈdaʊəl) /

noun

a wooden or metal peg that fits into two corresponding holes to join two adjacent parts Also called: dowel pin

Word Origin for dowel

C14: from Middle Low German dövel plug, from Old High German tubili; related to Greek thuphos wedge