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rabbet

[rab-it] / ˈræb ɪt /










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It warn't a week afore he wuz runnin' a rabbet and run right into it.

From A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

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

Fig. 266-33 Mortise and tenon with rabbet No. 34.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

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




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