Doggle

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. A small peg or wooden fastening, used in some regional English dialects to hold something in place
2. In certain British dialects, a little wooden pin or catch that secures a gate, shutter or similar fitting
3. A regional English word for a small peg or pin used as a simple fastening on a gate or door

Etymology: This is an obscure regional word for fastening something with a peg or pin, and it survives mostly in dialect glossaries rather than in standard dictionaries. Its origin is uncertain. The most plausible guess links it to "dog" in the older sense of a metal hook or clamp, a device that grips much as a peg does, but no firm written trail connects the two. Because the word appears so rarely in print, its earliest recorded uses cannot be dated with confidence. It is best understood as a local survival rather than a general English term.