Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Variant of treenail.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of treenail.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare A trundle.
- n. (Shipbuilding) See treenail.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
Examples
“The "trunnel" at Circle and Constitution is no different.”
“Either a pegged tenon or a trunnel a peg at least one and one-half inches in diameter should position the rafter securely.”
“I slept in a little trunnel bed under my mother's mistress 'bed.”
“But 'Liza was not inclined to leave the entertainment of gentlemen to "gals," whom she declared to be, for the most part, "wu'fless trunnel-baid trash.”
“Into each of these we graved a piece of plank, and in one of them we drove a trunnel where none had been before.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘trunnel’.
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CCel
chattel, channel, kennel, duffel, tunnel, ginnel, fennel, stannel, flannel, scrannel, trunnel, waggel and 24 more...
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Croquettes of Random Palavery
Another eclectic list of random words and phrases that excite or intrigue me. I'll try to tag those I make up as "madeupicals".
berberophone, chapon, clearmeat, water bailiff, daubiere, drock, pigeon racing, traveling cider m..., rictal bristles, flaming piano, burning man, peanut hay and 140 more...
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Words that make you go hmmmm...
Interesting words you probably won't hear in your day-to-day.
maxwell, mooncalf, quagga, glaikit, musquash, lingam, haruspex, qindarka, chthonic, ipomoea, azimuthal, valuta and 304 more...
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hernesheir cf treenail and trenail. Nov 2, 2009