groove or notch in a timber into which another timber is inserted (for joining timbers without using nails or screws)
join or attach boards together with rabbets; be joined or connected by rabbets
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Rabbet Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
(v. t.)
To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
(n.)
Same as Rabbet joint, below.
Same as Rabbet joint, below.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
rabbet
\rab"bet\, n. [see rabbet, v., and cf. rebate, n.]
1. (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.
2. 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.
rabbet
\rab"bet\ (răb"b&ebreve;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. rabbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. rabbeting.] [f. raboter to plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + of. abouter, aboter. see abut, and cf. rebut.] 1. to cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
2. to unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
rabbet
n : a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together [syn: rebate]
v
1. join with a rabbet joint
2. cut a rabbet in something
similar words(2)
rabbet joint
rabbet plane
Noun
1. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
(synonym) rebate
(hypernym) groove, channel
Verb
1. join with a rabbet joint
(hypernym) join, bring together
(derivation) rebate
2. cut a rectangualr groove into
(hypernym) cut out
(derivation) rebate
Rabbet Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A rabbet (rebate in British English) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machineable 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.
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Rabbet Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Or rebate; a groove incised along a timber to receive the edge of a plank or strake. The most common rabbets are the keel rabbet which receives the garboard, and the rabbet of the stem and stern post which receives the strake ends.
