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Definition of Rabbet plane

1. Noun. A woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets.

Definition of Rabbet plane

1. Noun. A rebate plane. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rabbet Plane

Literary usage of Rabbet plane

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

1. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1917)
"rabbet plane. Among the special planes used by the pattern maker, the rabbet ... Rabbet Piano The skew-iron rabbet plane, in which the cutting edge of the ..."

2. Woodwork for Secondary Schools: A Text-book for High Schools and Colleges by Ira Samuel Griffith (1916)
"The rabbet plane, Fig. 66, is used in cutting rabbets or rebates. ... GUIDE FOR rabbet plane. In rabbeting on the reverse side of stock, small brads are ..."

3. Prevocational Education in the Public Schools by Frank Mitchell Leavitt, Edith Brown (1915)
"1 rabbet plane, 1J in. 1 rabbet plane, I! in. 1 rabbet plane, 1 in. 1 rabbet plane, carriage-makers'. 4 router planes. 2 shoot boards and planes. ..."

4. Prevocational Education in the Public Schools by Frank Mitchell Leavitt, Edith Brown (1915)
"1 rabbet plane, 1 in. 1 rabbet plane, carriage-makers'. 4 router planes. 2 shoot boards and planes. 6 cabinet scrapers. 12 6 in. spring dividers. ..."

5. Patternmaking: A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Patterns by Joseph Atkinson Shelly (1920)
"The wooden rabbet- plane A, Fig. 2, may be procured with either a straight or skew iron ... The size of a rabbet-plane is measured by the width of the face, ..."

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