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Definition of Treenail
1. Noun. A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast.
Definition of Treenail
1. n. A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.
Definition of Treenail
1. Noun. A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Treenail
1. a wooden peg used for fastening timbers [n -S]
Medical Definition of Treenail
1. A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. Alternative forms: trenail, and trunnel. Origin: Tree + nail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treenail
Literary usage of Treenail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Deformations of Railroad Tracks and the Means for Remedying Them by G. Cuénot (1907)
"EMPLOYMENT OF THE treenail. As a means of consolidation of the fastenings, above
all of those which are used in ties already old, ..."
2. Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review (1855)
"SHAVED treenail WEDGES. — We have received samples of a superior machine-shaved
treenail wedge, from Geo. C. Jones, of Alna, Lincoln county, Me. ..."
3. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1850)
"through the plank its fibres are often injured to 10 considerable я degree that
the treenail cannot bave a firm hold of the plank ; besides that, ..."
4. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1850)
"through the plank iti fibres are often injured to <o considerable a degree that
the treenail cannot have a firm hold of the plank ; beside« that, ..."
5. The Elements of Wood Ship Construction by William Henry Curtis, 1884-, William Henry Curtis (1919)
"The wedges must be set across the grain of the plank through which the treenail
is driven. Where treenails are not driven through, a wedge is inserted in ..."
6. The Building of a Wooden Ship by Charles Gerard Davis, Thomas William Clarke, Frank Steel Drown (1918)
"If a treenail breaks off when it is only part way through, the broken part may
be removed so that a new treenail can be put in, by using an Fifl< 17 ..."
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