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noun

Rabbet 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 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.

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.

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Etymology of 'Rabbet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rabbet" Quotes from Famous Books

... sufficient to allow the Chimney-sweeper to pass. When the Fire-place is finished, this door-way is to be closed by a few bricks, by a tile, or a fit piece of stone, placed in it, dry, or without mortar, and confined in its place by means of a rabbet made for that purpose in the brick-work.—As often as the Chimney is swept, the Chimney-sweeper takes down this temporary wall, which is very easily done, and when he has finished his work, he puts ...

— ESSAYS, Political, Economical and Philosophical. Volume 1. • Benjamin Rumford

Words linked to "Rabbet" : groove, rabbet plane, channel, square and rabbet, rabbet joint, cut out, rebate, bring together