A wooden plug driven into a brick or stone wall, in order to hold a nail.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > plug to hold nail or screw (6) dook1808 A wooden plug driven into a brick or stone wall, in order to hold a nail. wall dock1833 (see quot.). dowel1864 A plug of wood driven into a wall to receive nails; a dook. [German döbel, dübel.] plug1881 In various technical contexts. A small wedge or cylinder of wood or plastic, driven into a wall, etc., as a fixing for a nail, screw, etc. Rawlplug1912 A proprietary name for: a thin cylindrical or conical plug, made of fibre or plastic, which can be inserted into a hole drilled in masonry, etc… Subcategories:— collectively (1) |
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