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doweling

/ -əlɪŋ, ˈdaʊlɪŋ /

noun

  1. the joining of two pieces of wood using dowels

  2. wood or other material in a long thin rod for cutting up into dowels

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The second section was brought up from Birmingham and was eventually put back together with the larger piece by a stone mason using copper tube doweling.

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

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There is, to be sure, a prejudice against dowels on the part of cabinet-makers due, possibly, to the willingness to have it appear that doweling is a device of inferior mechanics.

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