- Trenail
- Trenail Tre"nail`, n. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Treenail}. [1913 Webster]
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Trenail
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trenail — [ trənaj ] n. m. • 1843; angl. treenail « cheville », de tree « arbre » et nail « clou » ♦ Techn. Cheville servant à mettre le tire fond dans les traverses des voies. Des trenails. ⇒TRENAIL, subst. masc. CH. DE FER. ,,Cheville en bois dur (chêne) … Encyclopédie Universelle
trenail — [trē′nāl΄] n. alt. sp. of TREENAIL … English World dictionary
trenail — Treenail Tree nail , n. [Tree + nail.] (Shipbuilding) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also {trenail}, and {trunnel}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trenail — noun see treenail … New Collegiate Dictionary
trenail — /tree nayl , tren l, trun l/, n. treenail. * * * … Universalium
trenail — noun variant spelling of treenail … English new terms dictionary
trenail — tre•nail [[t]ˈtriˌneɪl, ˈtrɛn l, ˈtrʌn l[/t]] n. bui treenail … From formal English to slang
trenail — var. of TREENAIL … Useful english dictionary
cheville — [ ʃ(ə)vij ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. pop. °cavicula, de clavicula « petite clé » I ♦ 1 ♦ Tige dont on se sert pour boucher un trou, assembler des pièces. Cheville carrée, ronde, conique (⇒ épite) . Cheville d assemblage. ⇒ axe, boulon, clou, dent de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Treenail — Tree nail , n. [Tree + nail.] (Shipbuilding) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also {trenail}, and {trunnel}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
