A large wooden peg.
1800. Wanted to purchase a large quantity of Locust Tree Nails.… N.B. Formerly called Locust Trunnells, and to be from 18 to 30 inches long.—The Aurora, Phila., Nov. 20.
1817. [These locusts] are excellent for the ship-builders, and are much esteemed by them particularly for the making of tree-nails.—John Branbury, ‘Travels,’ p. 288.
