trenail
Britishnoun
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Listening below, I could hear the creaking and groaning of her timbers, the pistol-like cracks that told of the starting of a trenail or plank, and the faint, indefinable whispers of our ship’s distress.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
On the outside, 14 inches down on either side, holes of 2 inches diameter were found intersecting the central hole, apparently for the insertion of a wooden key or trenail to retain the struts.
From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Lang, Andrew
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