Explore Treenails through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Treenails in a sentence
Treenails meaning
plural of treenail
Using Treenails
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of treenail
Context around Treenails
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Treenails
- In this selection, "treenails" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ships and trenails stand out and add context to how "treenails" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include early ships treenails trenails trunnels and fastened with treenails. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "treenails" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with treenails
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In many early ships treenails (trenails, trunnels) were used to fasten large timbers. (13 words)
In the longships the keel was made up of several sections spliced together and fastened with treenails. (17 words)
Some treenails have been found with traces of linseed oil suggesting that treenails were soaked before the pegs were inserted. (20 words)
Some treenails have been found with traces of linseed oil suggesting that treenails were soaked before the pegs were inserted. (20 words)
In the longships the keel was made up of several sections spliced together and fastened with treenails. (17 words)
In many early ships treenails (trenails, trunnels) were used to fasten large timbers. (13 words)
Example sentences (3)
Some treenails have been found with traces of linseed oil suggesting that treenails were soaked before the pegs were inserted.
In many early ships treenails (trenails, trunnels) were used to fasten large timbers.
In the longships the keel was made up of several sections spliced together and fastened with treenails.