dowel

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊəl/

noun

  • a projecting peg used for holding together components of a structure.

verb (dowels, dowelling, dowelled; US dowels, doweling, doweled)

[with object]
  • fasten with a dowel or dowels: the pivot bearings are doweled into the face of the limb butts

Origin:

Middle English: perhaps from Middle Low German dovel