Definition of Haunched

1. a. Having haunches.

Definition of Haunched

1. Adjective. Fitted with haunches (squat vertical support structures). ¹

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Definition of Haunched

1. haunch [adj] - See also: haunch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haunched

haulse
haulsed
haulses
haulsing
haulst
hault
haulyard
haulyards
haum
haums
haunce
haunced
haunces
haunch
haunched (current term)
haunches
haunching
hauncing
haunt
haunted
haunted houses
hauntedly
hauntedness
haunter
haunters
haunting
hauntingly
hauntingness

Literary usage of Haunched

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essentials of Woodworking: A Textbook for Schools by Ira Samuel Griffith (1908)
"haunched Mortise - and - Tenon.—A groove must be plowed the full length of a piece to work it to advantage. Where a mortise-and-tenon joint is to be made in ..."

2. Light and Heavy Timber Framing Made Easy: Balloon Framing, Mixed Framing by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1909)
"66. wide pieces, and the haunched tenon when the edge of the piece on which the tenon is formed is required to be flush with the end of the piece containing ..."

3. Elementary Woodwork for Use in Manual Training Classes by Frank Henry Seldon (1906)
"LESSON XXXIII haunched Mortise and Tenon The stock for this exercise and the finished sizes are the same as used in Lesson 19. This exercise illustrates a ..."

4. A Manual of Carpentry and Joinery by J. W. Riley (1905)
"haunched Tenon Joint. Flo. 239.—Double Mortise and Tenon Joint. space left ... 298)—it is called a haunched tenon. Figs. 642 and 643 show types of the ..."

5. Guide to Application of the 1991 NEHRP Recommended Provisions in Earthquake edited by James R. Harris (1996)
"TABLE 5-13 Design of Shear Reinforcement for haunched Girder NOTE: 1.0 kip = 4.448 kN, 1.0 in. = 25.4 mm. Maximum spacing in region 2d from face of the ..."

6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Haugh is rarely found south of the Wear. HAUNCH, to speak sharply. "He fair haunched at me." Also to snarl. " The dog haunched at me. ..."

7. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906, and Their Effects by Grove Karl Gilbert, Richard Lewis Humphrey, John Stephen Sewell (1907)
"My examination of the Bullock & Jones Building indicated that the reenforced-concrete floor construction was haunched on the lower flanges of the floor ..."

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