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Definition of Mitre joint
1. Noun. Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitre Joint
Literary usage of Mitre joint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1871)
"A novelty in the display of minor tools is Jones' Patent Joint and Mitre Planer,
a hand-tool whereby a perfect right-angled or mitre joint may be made, ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1871)
"A novelty in the display of minor tools is Jones' Patent Joint and Mitre Planer,
a hand-tool whereby a perfect right-angled or mitre joint may be made, ..."
3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... and often with grotesques, so contrived that it may turn up when wanted as a
support in long standing. Mitre, or Mitre-joint ; M.-wheels. ..."
4. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1906)
"When nicely made a coped joint cannot be distinguished from a mitre joint, that
is if the mouldings are alike and not too elaborate. ..."
5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"4652, the mitre-joint, used in joining two boards at right angles to each other.
Each edge is pinned to an angle of 45-i. Fig. ..."
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