ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dowelling

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Dowelling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of dowel.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of dowel.

More Meanings

  1. (construction) A dowel.
  2. The use of dowels in manufacture.

Example Sentences

One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include duledge, dovetail, dook, dowl, dwang, dowst.

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