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Definition of Mortise-and-tenon joint
1. Noun. A joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other.
Specialized synonyms: Dovetail, Dovetail Joint, Tongue And Groove Joint
Generic synonyms: Joint
Terms within: Mortice, Mortise, Tenon
Definition of Mortise-and-tenon joint
1. Noun. A woodworking joint made by inserting a projecting tenon into a mortised slot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mortise-and-tenon Joint
Literary usage of Mortise-and-tenon joint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bench Work in Wood: A Course of Study and Practice Designed for the Use of by William Freeman Myrick Goss (1905)
"KEYED mortise-and-tenon joint (240-245). The stock required is 1f" X 1f" X 16",
from Exercise No. 4 ; PLAN. ELEVATION. it is shown with the necessary lining ..."
2. Handwork in Wood by William Noyes (1910)
"In a mortise-and-tenon joint on rabbeted pieces, Fig. ... A wedged mortise-and-tenon
joint, Fig. 266, may also be made by driving the wedges into saw kerfs ..."
3. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School (Chicago, Ill.), American Technical Society (1909)
"From the modified butt joint it is only a step to the " mortise-and-tenon " joint,
which is formed by cutting a hole called a " mortise " in one of the ..."
4. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"The mortise-and-tenon joint is the principal of the greatest number of the other
... This is the simplest form of the mortise-and-tenon joint for oblique ..."
5. Trade Foundations Based on Producing Industries (1919)
"In furniture and cabinet making, when an exposed through mortise and tenon joint
is used, the tenon is usually extended beyond the mortise for decorative ..."
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