rabbet

Noun

rabbet

1. 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.

6 letters in word "rabbet": A B B E R T.

Anagrams of rabbet:

• barbet

Words found within rabbet:

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• Definitions:
• A notch in a piece of timber made to receive the ends or sides of planks which are to be secured to it. ...
• A groove cut in a board to receive another board.
• A term used to define that portion of a doorframe into which the door fits. Also a term used to describe the abutting edges of a pair of doors or windows so shaped as to provide a tight fit. One half of the edge projects beyond the other half, usually 1/2".
• that part of the keel, stem, and stern-post, which is cut for the plank of the bottom to fit into; likewise the edges of plank, or deal, for bulk-heads, that are lapped one over the other, and wrought square, making each side of the bulk-head a smooth surface.
• The recess or groove of a frame for holding the picture. Reflected Light: The shadowed part of an object which is lightened by the reflection from an adjacent object. Renaissance: The term applied to the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries in Italy. ...
• A rabbet is a slot or groove in a piece of wood into which slides another piece of wood. An example is a good quality drawer. Often the interior sides are rabbetted at the bottom allowing the bottom of drawer to slide into place.
• The groove under the lip of the moulding that allows space for the mat, glass, art and mounting board.
• Or rebate; a groove incised along a timber to receive the edge of a plank or strake. The most common rabbets are the keel rabbet which receives the garboard, and the rabbet of the stem and stern post which receives the strake ends.
• Area of the frame between the stop and the face.
• A cut or groove along the edge of a piece of wood that allows another piece to fit into it to form a joint. Typically a jamb is rabbeted as a door stop.
• A cut partway through the edge of a board that is used as a part of a joint. An L shaped notch taken off the corner of a board to accept another board forms a rabbit joint.
• a groove cut along the edge of a sash or a piece of wood.
• An L-shaped cutout formed in the edge or end of a piece of stock, usually for joinery purposes. One common example of rabbets is the recessed cuts in the backs of picture frames. Although rabbets generally have 90° corners, angled rabbets are also used occasionally.
• The ledge in a piece of frame molding where the glass, mats, and print or mirror sits. It is usually a 1/4 inch wide.
• The inner channel of a frame which holds the picture and any framing materials.
• join with a rabbet joint a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together cut a rectangular groove into
• A rabbet (also known as rebate) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machineable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a rabbet is two-sided and open to the edge or end of the surface into which it is cut.

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