dowel; joggle
A wooden pin or peg used in joinery to align or strengthen joints.
この家具はダボで組み立てられている。
This furniture is assembled with dowels.
ダボ穴に接着剤を入れてから差し込んでください。
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.