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turrel

noun /ˈtʌɹəl/

  1. A tool used primarily by coopers to bore holes.

    If the foreign body is so firmly fixed as to resist traction, or if it is impossible to seize it, we will find it useful, if its composition will permit, to employ a gimlet or turrel, the instrument being introduced by gliding it along the left index finger.

Where it comes from

Compare Old French touroul (“a little wooden instrument to fasten doors or windows”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry turrel (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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