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Definition of Treenails
1. treenail [n] - See also: treenail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treenails
Literary usage of Treenails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural Details: Or Elements of Design in Heavy Framing by Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1909)
"WOODEN PINS AND treenails. Wooden pins are round pieces of hard wood inserted
... treenails are slender pieces of hard wood used in a similar manner to iron ..."
2. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"Wooden pins, as fastenings for joints, when of large diameter, are known as
treenails. Experiments have been made on their resistance to a cross strain by ..."
3. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1850)
"It must be observed, that little advantage would result from the use of his
treenails unless appropriate tools for their formation and insertion were also ..."
4. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1850)
""The form of the treenails used in the experimental vessels, 1795, obviate the
imperfections of ordinary treenails, as was ascertained on every examination ..."
5. The Theory of Strains in Girders and Similar Structures with Observations on by Bindon Blood Stoney (1869)
"Shearing strength of oak treenails.—The following table contains experiments by Mr.
Parsons of HM dockyard service, on the " transverse strength of ..."
6. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (London) (1848)
"The price of the compressed treenails for railway purposes would be £5. ...
Each joint-chair, with wedge and treenails, costs two shillings and ten-pence; ..."
7. The Elements of Wood Ship Construction by William Henry Curtis, 1884-, William Henry Curtis (1919)
"Hardwood treenails, are generally made from selected black locust, and may vary in
... All treenails, where possible are driven through the ceiling inside, ..."
8. Ship-building in Iron and Wood by Andrew Murray, Robert Murray, Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1863)
"The fastenings of planks consist generally either of nails or treenails, excepting
at the butts, which are secured by bolts. Several other bolts ought to be ..."
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