dowel
dow uhl
- n a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
- The other inducement is the handy and informal office, which may be located anywhere Ward has roomnear the credit department, say, or cheek by dowel with carpentry tools.
- The issue is not so simple as providing "an inexpensive wooden dowel'' to allow a quadriplegic to perform work by tapping a computer keyboard.
- All Margaret needs to perform her job is an inexpensive wooden dowel, which she uses to tap the computer keyboard.