noun. A usually round pin that fits tightly into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two adjacent pieces.

noun. A piece of wood driven into a wall to act as an anchor for nails.

transitive verb. To fasten or align with dowels.

transitive verb. To equip with dowels.

noun. A wooden or metallic pin or tenon used for securing together two pieces of wood, Stone, etc.

noun. A piece of wood driven into a wall to receive nails of skirtings, etc.; a dook.

To fasten together, as two boards, by pins inserted in the edges: as, to dowel pieces which are to form the head of a cask. Sometimes written dowl.

noun. 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.

noun. A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it.

noun. a joint secured by a dowel or dowels.

noun. a dowel. See Dowel, n., 1.

transitive verb. To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels.

noun. 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.

noun. A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.

noun. A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may fastened to it.

verb. To fasten together with dowels.

verb. To furnish with dowels.

noun. a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together

"I use a 4 foot long, 1 inch hardwood dowel from the hardware store."

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