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doweling

doweling is the present participle and gerund of dowel.

Meaning of dowel

Verb

dowel (third-person singular simple present dowels, present participle (US) doweling or (UK) dowelling, simple past and past participle (US) doweled or (UK) dowelled)

  1. (transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
    • The wheels were solid, two half discs dowelled against the hub, and the chariots were pulled along by oxen or asses.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 79
  2. (transitive) To furnish with dowels.
    • A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.

See all 5 meanings of dowel

Noun

doweling (plural dowelings)

  1. A dowel.

Forms of doweling

pluraldowelings

Questions about doweling

What does doweling mean?
Doweling means a dowel.
What is doweling the present participle and gerund of?
Doweling is the present participle and gerund of dowel.
What part of speech is doweling?
Doweling is a noun.
What is the plural of doweling?
The plural of doweling is dowelings.

Words near doweling in the dictionary

  1. Dowe
  2. dowed
  3. dowel
  4. dowel joint
  5. doweled
  6. doweling
  7. dowelings
  8. Dowell
  9. dowelled
  10. dowelling
  11. dowellings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doweling (page history and authors); dowel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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