dow·el 
(dou
l)
KEY NOUN:
- A usually round pin that fits tightly into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two adjacent pieces.
- A piece of wood driven into a wall to act as an anchor for nails.
TRANSITIVE VERB: dow·eled,
dow·el·ing,
dow·els, also
dow·elled dow·el·ling dow·els
- To fasten or align with dowels: table legs that are doweled to the top.
- To equip with dowels.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English
doule,
part of a wheel, perhaps from Middle Low German
dovel,
plug, or from Old French
doele,
barrel stave ( diminutive of
douve, from Late Latin
doga,
vessel, from Greek
dokh
,
recepticle, from
dekhesthai,
to take; see
dek- in Indo-European roots)
