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turrel

UK/ˈtʌɹəl/US/ˈtɝ.əl/

turrel noun: a tool used primarily by coopers to bore holes.

Noun

turrel (plural turrels)

  1. A tool used primarily by coopers to bore holes.
    • If the foreign body is so firmly fixed as to resist traction, or if it is impossible to seize it, we will find it useful, if its composition will permit, to employ a gimlet or turrel, the instrument being introduced by gliding it along the left index finger.1881, Alfred Poulet, A Treatise on Foreign Bodies in Surgical Practice - Volume 1, page 257
    • There were plenty of tools in the carpenter's chest, bags of nails, turrels, screws, and iron nuts and bands of all sorts for repairing the yacht.1888, Jules Verne, Adrift in Pacific or, Two Years' Vacation

Forms of turrel

pluralturrels

Origin of turrel

Compare Old French touroul (“a little wooden instrument to fasten doors or windows”).

Questions about turrel

What does turrel mean?
Turrel means a tool used primarily by coopers to bore holes.
What part of speech is turrel?
Turrel is a noun.
How do you pronounce turrel?
Turrel is pronounced /ˈtʌɹəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of turrel?
The plural of turrel is turrels.

Words near turrel in the dictionary

  1. Turramurra
  2. turras
  3. Turrawan
  4. Turrbal
  5. Turrbul
  6. turrel
  7. Turrell
  8. Turrella
  9. Turrells
  10. turrels
  11. Turrentine

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