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Joiner's groove
Answer for the clue "Joiner's groove ", 6 letters:
rabbet
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Word definitions for rabbet in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rebate ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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 Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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.
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.