dowelling
dowelling is the present participle and gerund of dowel.
Noun
dowelling (plural dowellings)
- A dowel.
- The use of dowels in manufacture.
- 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.1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341
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)
- 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
- To furnish with dowels.
- A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
Forms of dowelling
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Questions about dowelling
- What does dowelling mean?
- Dowelling means a dowel.
- What is dowelling the present participle and gerund of?
- Dowelling is the present participle and gerund of dowel.
- What part of speech is dowelling?
- Dowelling is a noun.
- What is the plural of dowelling?
- The plural of dowelling is dowellings.
Words near dowelling in the dictionary
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