rabbet

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Words With Friends: 12
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈɹæbɪt/

Definition of rabbet

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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.

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noun

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.
(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of rabbit.

“I would fain see him walk in querpo, like a cased rabbet, without his holy furr upon his back, that the world may once behold the inside of a fryar.”

verb

(transitive)To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.

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Etymology

From Middle English rabeten, from Old French raboter, rabouter (“to thrust back”, verb), from Old French re- + boter, bouter. Doublet of rebut. The noun is from Middle English rabet, from Old French rabot, from the verb.