These joints were strengthened using pegs, dowels and leather or cord lashings. The boat was made using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings. These were "sewn" together with dowels and lashings. Turnbuckles are used for tensioning a ship's rigging and lashings. Pieces were assembled using mortise-and-tenon joinery, held together with lashings, pegs, metal nails, and glue. Four villagers were hanged and others punished by jail sentences, hard labour and lashings. Richards found it to have "style, savvy and lashings of acerbic humour". This list of knots includes many alternative names for common knots and lashings. Hunter-gatherers have used animal sinews as lashings and bindings. Native children and adults were punished for disobeying Spanish priests through confinement and lashings. Birch-tar and rawhide lashings were used to fix the blade. Automobiles are lifted on board and then secured using lashings. It is described in three methods known as the "Three Lashings". The structure of seizings is similar to that of lashings. He chooses to take the lashings, despite Lucas' attempts to stop him from doing so.