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mortise joint
(encz) | mortise joint, n: |
Mortise joint
(gcide) | Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar.
murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael.
moirteis.]
A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to
receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit
it, and called a tenon.
[1913 Webster]
Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon;
joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used
adjectively.
Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon.
Mortise lock. See under Lock.
Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs
inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called
mortise gear, and core gear.
[1913 Webster] |
mortise joint
(wn) | mortise joint
n 1: a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and
fibula and the proximal end of the talus [syn: ankle,
ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis]
2: a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise
holes in the other [syn: mortise joint, {mortise-and-tenon
joint}] |
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