dowel; joggle
A wooden pin or peg used in joinery to align or strengthen joints.
This furniture is assembled with dowels.
Please apply glue into the dowel hole before inserting it.
Usually written in katakana; usually written in kana.
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
The exact derivation is uncertain; the word is conventionally written in katakana and may be a loanword or a mimetic coinage.