treenail

English

The Cross bracing inside the Old Covered Bridge in Sheffield is fastened with treenails.

Alternative forms

• trannel, trenail, trennel, trunnel

Noun

treenail (plural treenails)

1. A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener.
   • 2005 Michael McCarthy: Ships' Fastenings: From Sewn Boat to Steamship. ISBN:1-58544-451-0

     Long treenails were quite difficult to drive, often being damaged in the process, with ends becoming "broomed", or worse, split, necessitating the head being trimmed, or far worse, the removal of the treenail.

Translations

peg

• Bulgarian: дюбел (bg) m (djubel)
• Finnish: puunaula (fi)
• Greek: ξυλόκαρφο (el) n (xylókarfo)
• Ingrian: puunaagla
• Ottoman Turkish: چیوی (çivi), وتد (veted), جیواطه (civata)

Anagrams

• elaterin, entailer, neatlier