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2. Treenail - Wikipedia

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   A treenail, also trenail, trennel, or trunnel, is a wooden peg, pin, or dowel used to fasten pieces of wood together, especially in timber frames, covered bridges, wooden shipbuilding and boat building. [1] It is driven into a hole bored through two (or more) pieces of structural wood (mortise and tenon).

3. Carvel (boat building) - Wikipedia

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   Carvel built or carvel planking is a method of boat building in which hull planks are laid edge to edge and fastened to a robust frame, thereby forming a smooth surface. Traditionally the planks are neither attached to, nor slotted into, each other, having only a caulking sealant between the planks to keep water out.

4. Nail (fastener) - Wikipedia

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   It then bites back into the wood from the side opposite the nail's head, forming a rivet-like fastening. [24] Clench-nails used in building clinker boats. [25] Shoe tack – A clinching nail (see above) for clinching leather and sometimes wood, formerly used for handmade shoes. [26] Carpet tack; Upholstery tacks – used to attach coverings to ...

5. Boat building - Wikipedia

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   Hatch: an opening in the deck or cabin of a vessel, with a hinged, sliding, or removable cover. Heads: a marine toilet, deriving from toileting at the catsheads in square rigger days. Hull: the bottom and sides of a vessel. Inwale (or "sheer clamp"): the upper, inner longitudinal structural member of the hull, to which topside panels are fixed.

6. Padeye - Wikipedia

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   An Aviation Machinist's Mate connecting tiedown chains to padeyes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) A padeye is a device often found on boats or ships that a line runs through or provides an attachment point. It is a kind of fairlead and often is bolted or welded to the deck or hull.

7. Carling (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   In shipbuilding, carlings are two pieces of timber laid fore and aft under the deck of a ship, from one beam to another, directly over the keel. They serve as a foundation for the whole body of the ship; on these the ledges rest, whereon the planks of the deck, and other structures are fastened. The ends of the carlings are let culvertail into ...