rabbet
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Set the fence and the stop at the desired width and depth of the rabbet.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
I promised Allworthy already to give up half my estate—od rabbet it!
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry
Fig. 266-33 Mortise and tenon with rabbet No. 34.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
There is a rabbet in their inside upper edge, to receive the hatches or gratings.
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
