rabbet
IPA: rˈæbɪt
noun
- 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.
- Obsolete form of rabbit. [A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.]
verb
- (transitive) To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.
Examples of "rabbet" in Sentences
- November 3, 2008 at 3:32 pm yore bunny-rabbet naught fit in yore pokket, tho?
- If necessary, trim the edge of the rabbet with the use of a sharp wood chisel to make a well-fit joint.
- Rabbet joint - The rabbet joint is ideal for corner constructions such as in making drawers and bookcases:
- The steps in making the miter, mortise, rabbet, and tenon joints will be given in the second part of this article.
- Is a good place to start: Of course, rabbet will avoid the facts and he and other will go off on some tangential escapade.
- "The best readings of Inland Empire have rightly stressed the film's labyrinthine, rabbet-warren anarchitecture," writes k-punk.
- In this second and concluding part, the steps in making the four other types of wood joints (miter, mortise, rabbet, and tenon) are provided.
- I tape off the very outside 1/4 inch behind the rabbet of the frame and use that margin for the perspective grid marks for those pesky remote VPs.
- Silly rabbet, everybody knows that it's the Realclimate Team who's politicizing the science, and besides, the deniers are simply honest broker skeptics who just want to know the truth.
- "rabbet," ploughed around the front, back, and sides of the drawers; or the top frame may have a tongue fitting inside the whole substance of the drawer, or the glass may be a fixture, beaded or puttied in on top, the whole of the bottom unscrewing from the drawer frame.