treenails in English

noun
1
a trunnel.
They were used for boring holes in the oak timbers that formed the frames of ships, preparatory to fastening those timbers together with iron bolts or with treenails .
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1. The Basketwork could be wiggled into position inside the upper works, the clamping batten bent and fitted just below the temporary bamboo rim, and then the batten bolted to the basket at wide spacing with treenails added later between the bolts