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Rabbet
//ˈɹæbɪt// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.
- 2 Obsolete form of rabbit. alt-of, obsolete
"I would fain see him walk in querpo, like a cased rabbet, without his holy furr upon his back, that the world may once behold the inside of a fryar."
- 3 a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together wordnet
Verb
- 1 To cut a rabbet in a piece of material. transitive
- 2 cut a rectangular groove into wordnet
- 3 join with a rabbet joint wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English rabeten, from Old French raboter, rabouter (“to thrust back”, verb), from Old French re- + boter, bouter. The noun is from Middle English rabet, from Old French rabot, from the verb.
Etymology 2
From Middle English rabeten, from Old French raboter, rabouter (“to thrust back”, verb), from Old French re- + boter, bouter. The noun is from Middle English rabet, from Old French rabot, from the verb.
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