rabbet
pronunciation
How to pronounce rabbet in British English:
UK ['ræbɪt]
How to pronounce rabbet in American English:
US ['ræbɪt]
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- Noun:
- a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
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- Verb:
- join with a rabbet joint
- cut a rectangualr groove into
Word Origin
- rabbet (n.)
- "rectangular groove cut out of the edge of a piece of wood or stone so that it may join by lapping with others," late 14c., from Old French rabat "a recess in a wall, a lower section," literally "a beating down," a back-formation from rabattre "to beat down, beat back" (see rebate (v.)). The verb is attested from mid-15c. (implied in rabetynge).
Example
- 1. Join with a rabbet joint .
- 2. Through the analysis on woodcraft screw rabbet , puts forward the measures of automatic reform in it .
- 3. The new international standard said that patterns are forbidden to be painted in the area of " in 15mm of cup rabbet and 10mm of the cup bottom " , and this doesn 't exist in former industrial standard .