"Tenon" is a word in ENGLISH
A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it,
and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the
parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely
through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and
shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.
To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of
a piece of timber.
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One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary …
Read the complete definitionA projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.
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