dowel; guide dowel
A wooden or metal pin used to align and join two pieces of material, especially in woodworking or construction.
Fix the boards together with a dowel.
This piece of furniture is assembled using only dowels.
Standard kanji spelling using 合わせ (matching) and 釘 (nail).
Variant with 合せ instead of 合わせ; less common but still used.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes seen in less formal contexts.
Rare mixed spelling; mostly a search variant.
Compound of 合わせ (matching, joining) and 釘 (nail). The term describes a nail-like pin used to align parts during assembly.