rabbet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹæbɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Homophone: rabbit
- Rhymes: -æbɪt
Etymology 1
From Middle English rabeten, from Old French raboter, rabouter (“to thrust back”, verb), from Old French re- + boter, bouter.
The noun is from Middle English rabet, from Old French rabot, from the verb.
Noun
rabbet (plural rabbets)
- 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.
Translations
channel, groove of recess in e.g. wood
Verb
rabbet (third-person singular simple present rabbets, present participle rabbeting, simple past and past participle rabbeted)
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Derived terms
Noun
rabbet (plural rabbets)
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