rabbet
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The carpenter's dependence on this tool lessened only after the perfection of multipurpose metallic planes that could be readily converted to cut a "rabbet."
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.
The sliding section is not always necessary, as in a narrow rabbet or bead.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
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
The rabbet should therefore be plowed before the joint is made.
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
