rabbet (redirected from rebated)

rab·bet  (rbt) also re·bate (rbt, rbt) n. 1. A cut or groove along or near the edge of a piece of wood that allows another piece to fit into it to form a joint. 2. A joint so made. v. rab·bet·ed also re·bat·ed, rab·bet·ing also re·bat·ing, rab·bets also re·bates v.tr. 1. To cut a rabbet in. 2. To join by a rabbet. v.intr. To be joined by a rabbet. [Middle English rabet, from Old French rabat, recess in a wall, act of beating down, from rabattre, to beat down again; see rebate1.]

rabbet

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rabbet [ˈræbɪt], rebate

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a recess, groove, or step, usually of rectangular section, cut into a surface or along the edge of a piece of timber to receive a mating piece

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a joint made between two pieces of timber using a rabbet

vb (tr)

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to cut or form a rabbet in (timber)

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to join (pieces of timber) using a rabbet

[from Old French rabattre to beat down]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rabbet - a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together rebate groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
Verb	1.	rabbet - join with a rabbet joint bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"
	2.	rabbet - cut a rectangular groove into cut out - form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"

Translations

rabbet

n (= notch) → Nut f; (= joint) → Nutnaht f