TREENAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does treenail mean? 

• TREENAIL (noun)
  The noun TREENAIL has 1 sense:

1. a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast

  Familiarity information: TREENAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREENAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

treenail; trenail; trunnel

Hypernyms ("treenail" is a kind of...):

nog; peg (a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface)