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rabbet

[rab-it] / ˈræb ɪt /










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Daniel D. Whitker patented a combination saw and rabbet plane little different from one illustrated by André-Jacob Roubo in his L'Art du menuisier in 1769.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.

Letting one piece of timber into another with a rabbet to give additional strength or finish.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

After the hollowing out is completed, a rabbet one-eighth of an inch wide and deep is cut to receive the deck, its outer line being g h i k, Fig.

From Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

The sliding section is not always necessary, as in a narrow rabbet or bead.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

The following is the performance at draught of water 2 feet above rabbet of keel: Boiler pressure 90 lb.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various




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