mortise
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- noun
- /ˈmɔːrtɪs/
- Specialized
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mortaja
- The top holds the top of the doors in place and it slides on to some mortises and that's really it.
Examples
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You know what mortise and tenon is?
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There's a mortise chopped through the chest bottom, and the oak stick slides down into a corresponding sleeve in the drawer.
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This seems to be a straight forward six lever mortise.
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Look at all the mortise and tenon joinery!
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It's all mortise and Tenon and oak pegs.
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George and Sam carry a large wood beam to the foundation and slip it into the pocket mortise of the laminated beam that spans from pier post to pier post.
Fiction book (2001) -
I just have to take the hinges, put them back in their mortises, add some screws, tighten them up, move on, so on and so forth.
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To create a strong joint, carefully cut a rectangular hole, called a mortise, in the wood.
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For woodworking, a mortise is essential to securely fit the tenon of one piece into another.
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Ensure that the mortise is accurately sized so that the tenon can fit snugly without gaps.
Compounds
- Specialized
A strong wood connection where a peg on one piece fits into a hole in another piece
- Specialized
A strong wooden joint where a peg from one piece fits into a hole in another
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The joint between the lower leg bones and the top bone of the foot that forms the ankle
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Etymology
The word mortise comes from an old French word mortaise for a 'plug' or 'hole', and it names the slot you cut to receive a matching piece like a 'peg', which is why a mortise makes a strong joint.