mortise
pronunciation
How to pronounce mortise in British English:
UK ['mɔ:tɪs]
How to pronounce mortise in American English:
US ['mɔrtɪs]
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- Noun:
- a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
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- Verb:
- cut a hole for a tenon in
- join by a tenon and mortise
Word Origin
- mortise (n.)
- c. 1400, "hole or groove in which something is fitted to form a joint," from Old French mortaise (13c.), possibly from Arabic murtazz "fastened," past participle of razza "cut a mortise in." Compare Spanish mortaja.
- mortise (v.)
- mid-15c., from mortise (n.). Related: Mortised; mortising.