rabbet
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The re-entering angle left upon the wood is called the rebate or rabbet.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
There is a rabbet in their inside upper edge, to receive the hatches or gratings.
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
Inherent in the bench planes is a feeling of motion, particularly in the plow and the rabbet where basic design alone conveys the idea that they were meant to move over fixed surfaces.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.
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.
In an end-lap joint on rabbeted pieces the joint must be adapted to the rabbet.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
The corners are mitered and the backs rabbeted to receive the panels.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
The glass was135 set in rabbeted edges and held in place by putty according to the method still in use.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
Mirror Frame and Standards Details The pieces for the mirror frame must be rabbeted 1/2 in. deep to take the glass, and the ends joined together with a miter at each corner.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
It will be noted that the edges of the lid are rabbeted.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
There were, however, some ancient rabbeted stones lying near.
From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James
"All you need is one reasonably respectable wife," says Public Relations Wizard Gig Young, rabbeting in a plot gimmick designed to keep a flapdoodle comedy from collapsing in the first reel.
From Time Magazine Archive
In place of matching heads, heads for beading, rabbeting, or fancy siding may then be used.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Instead of rabbeting the mirror frame, a 1/4 by 3/8-in. fillet of oak is nailed around to form the recess, the walnut frame and oak fillet making a pretty contrast.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
Beading.—This part of the work pertains to surface finishings, and may or may not be used in connection with rabbeting.
From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by Zerbe, James Slough
Also, without the rabbeting water may get under the cap, and pass along the top till a hole lets it among the bees.
From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by Quinby, M. (Moses)
