dutchmen

[James Smith]

Dutchmen are also used to fill or replace damaged
areas in wood, although I'm not certain the "eye"
shaped pieces in plywood are considered dutchmen.

> >[a block of marble, needed to patch and repair the
> stone facade of the
> >Met Life building near Madison Square, was found at
> an abandoned
> >quarry]
> >. . . it ultimately yielded 250 of the
> custom-fitted repair pieces that
> >stone restorers call "dutchmen."
> >NY Times, Jun4 4, 2006, section 14 [the City
> section].p. 1 col. 4



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