doweling
Britishnoun
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the joining of two pieces of wood using dowels
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wood or other material in a long thin rod for cutting up into dowels
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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.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
The new supergrip glues have also been a boon to the basement Sheraton: they will hold wood joints together more durably than the most exquisite doweling.
From Time Magazine Archive
The construction may be further strengthened by also doweling the end of this stretcher into the legs.
From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
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.
From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
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