mitre (redirected from miter joints)

mi·tre  (mtr)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of miter.

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mitre US, miter [ˈmaɪtə]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) short for mitre joint

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a bevelled surface of a mitre joint

4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric

vb (tr)

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood)

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to make a mitre in (a fabric)

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to confer a mitre upon a mitred abbot

[from Old French, from Latin mitra, from Greek mitra turban]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mitre - joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner miter, miter joint, mitre joint joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together
	2.	mitre - the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made; "he covered the miter with glue before making the joint" miter surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
	3.	mitre - a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions miter headdress, headgear - clothing for the head

Translations

mitre miter (US) [ˈmaɪtəʳ]

A. N

1. (Rel) → mitra f

2. (Tech) (also mitre joint) → inglete m, ensambladura f de inglete

B. VT (Tech) → ingletear

C. CPD mitre box N → caja f de ingletes
mitre joint N → inglete m, ensambladura f de inglete

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mitre [ˈmaɪtə^r] miter (US) n

[bishop] → mitre f

(CARPENTRY) → onglet m

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mitre, (US) miter

n

(Eccl) → Mitra f

(Tech: also mitre joint) → Gehrung f, → Gehrfuge f

vt (Tech) → gehren

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mitre miter (Am) [ˈmaɪtəʳ] n

a. (Rel) → mitra

b. (Tech) (also mitre joint) → giunto ad angolo retto

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mitre miter (Am) [ˈmaɪtəʳ] n

a. (Rel) → mitra

b. (Tech) (also mitre joint) → giunto ad angolo retto

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mitre

n mitre [ˈmaitə]

a type of headdress worn by archbishops and bishops. myter تاج أُسْقُف митра mitra mitra die Bischofsmütze μίτρα mitra mitra تاج hiippa mitre מִצנֶפֶת पादरियों की ऊंची टोपी biskupska kapa püspöksüveg topi uskup biskupsmítur mitra 司教冠 미트라, 주교관; 주교의 직 mitra mitra topi biskop mijter bispelue, mitra mitra, infuła mitra mitră митра mitra mitra mitra mitra, biskopsmössa หมวกที่พระใส่ başpiskopos külahı/şapkası 主教法冠 мітра پادری یا لاٹھ پادری کے سر پر اوڑھنے کا کپڑہ mũ tế 主教法冠