rabbet
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The rabbet at the end of the piece X is cut not the entire width of the piece Y, but only the width of the lap,—c-f = a-e.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
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
The sinking a rabbet in the dead-wood, wherein the heels of the timbers rest.
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
Why, why? and where man, have you been? at a Poulters That you are cas'd thus like a rabbet?
From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Beaumont, Francis
The rabbet should therefore be plowed before the joint is made.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
