rabbet
Example Sentences
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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 sliding section is not always necessary, as in a narrow rabbet or bead.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
Also unintentional, but pleasing, is the distinctive throat of the rabbet plane—a design that developed to permit easy discharge of shavings, and one that mass manufacture did not destroy.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.
The width across the rabbet is 3 in., while the portion above the rabbet and inboard is 7 in. wide.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.
The keel is 14 in. deep, the part below the rabbet of the garboard or lowest strakes of the planking, being 11 in. deep, and 4½ in. thick at the bottom.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
