Crossword clues for rabbet
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rabbet \Rab"bet\, n. [See Rabbet, v., and cf. Rebate, n.]
(Carp.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
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Same as Rabbet joint, below.
Rabbet joint (Carp.), a joint formed by fitting together rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet.
Rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet.
--Moxon.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"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).
Wiktionary
n. 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. vb. (context transitive English) To cut a #Noun in a piece of material.
WordNet
n. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rebate]
v. join with a rabbet joint
cut a rectangualr groove into
Wikipedia
A rabbet (also known as a rebate in Britain ) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machinable 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.
The word rabbet is from Old French rabbat, "a recess into a wall," and rabattre "to beat down".
An example of the use of a rabbet is in a glazing bar where it makes provision for the insertion of the pane of glass and putty. It may also accommodate the edge of the back panel of a cabinet. It is also used in door and casement window jambs, and for shiplap planking. A rabbet can be used to form a joint with another piece of wood (often containing a dado).
Usage examples of "rabbet".
Despite the lack of inexpensive fasteners, they had never heard of a dado or a rabbet or a dovetail joint.
Everyone helped, and everyone learnt the more practical aspects of gussets and joists and tenons and rabbet grooves that a didactic carpentry course could never impart.
He laid the one with the middle rabbet on the ground and lifted the one with the thin end over it, and joined the two rabbets together simply by resting one tie on top of the other.
Despite the lack of inexpensive fasteners, they had never heard of a dado or a rabbet or a dovetail joint.
They are laborers working with inexplicable and invisible materials, but no more or less noble than a cabinetmaker who takes pride in his or her craft, who makes sure the rabbets are tight and smooth.