rabbet
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For the outside rabbet, one piece 1�1 inch, 371/2 long; this nailed to the end of the box forms rabbet for the trays to rest on.
From The Apple by Various
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
It is practicable, if a rabbet or mitered joint is used in the sides, but if the side pieces are butted or dadoed, the rabbet for the bottom shows.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
The groove or rabbet of a screw; the breech-sight or notch cut on the base-ring of a gun, and also on the swell of the muzzle, by which the piece is laid.
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 re-entering angle left upon the wood is called the rebate or rabbet.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
