rabbet
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As with the plow and the rabbet, its shape is ubiquitous.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.
Cut tenons on the end rails and rabbet them and the side pieces for the panels.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
A rabbet is made for the reception of the glass, and four strips of strap iron, overlapping both the glass, and the wood, and screwed to the wood, keep the glass in position.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various
Cut them to fit the mortises in the posts, also rabbet the back rails for the backing.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
In an end-lap joint on rabbeted pieces the joint must be adapted to the rabbet.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
