rabbet
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rabbet¹
- /ˈɹæb.ɪt/
Sounds like rabbit · Rhymes with -æbɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English rabeten, from Old French raboter, rabouter (“to thrust back”, verb), from Old French re- + boter, bouter. Doublet of rebut.
The noun is from Middle English rabet, from Old French rabot, from the verb.
noun rabbets
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A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.
Cut a deep rabbet along the back edge of the top and bottom of the cabinet. This will be for the ship-lap back to seat into and needs to be large enough to allow the back to be screwed or nailed into place.
Similar: rebate
verb rabbets · rabbeting · rabbeted
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To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.
Similar: rebate
rabbet²
- /ˈɹæb.ɪt/
Sounds like rabbit · Rhymes with -æbɪt
noun rabbets
- Obsolete form of rabbit I would fain see him walk in querpo, like a cased rabbet, without his holy furr upon his back, that the world may once behold the inside of a fryar.
Translations
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noun channel, groove of recess in e.g. wood
| Français | feuillure |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Nutnaht, Falz |
| Italiano | addentellato |
| Русский | шпу́нт špúnt |
verb cut a rabbet
| Italiano | addentellare |
|---|---|
| Русский | шпунтова́ть špuntovátʹ, фальцева́ть falʹcevátʹ |
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