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rabbet

rab·bet

UK/ˈɹæb.ɪt/ uncommon obsolete
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

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verb

1.

join with a rabbet joint

2.

cut a rectangualr groove into

Origin

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.

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