- present tense form of prevail (3rd person singular).
prevails
Example Sentences
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For instance, it’s held together by large treenails, wooden pegs usually made of dry compressed timber, and copper pegs, which he said was common in ships of that era.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
For instance, Dr. Riess said, he has found far more iron nails than he would have expected of a ship from this era, and far fewer of the wood fasteners called treenails, or trunnels.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2010
They had only two sledges; both were made of 2½ inch oak-planks, devoid of bolt-holes or treenails, and having but very few nail-holes.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
Not only had the copper sheathing and the planking disappeared, no doubt ground to powder, but there was not a trace of the timbers, the iron bolts, and the treenails which fastened them.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
A year was added for hardwood treenails, and another for 'salting on the stocks.'
From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by Wood, William Charles Henry
