rabbet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæbɪt/
• Rhymes: -æbɪt
• Homophones: rabbit

Etymology 1

From Middle English rabeten, from Old French raboter, rabouter (“to thrust back”, verb), from Old French re- + boter, bouter.

The noun is from Middle English rabet, from Old French rabot, from the verb.

Noun

rabbet (plural rabbets)

1. A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.

A rabbet (rebate) for joining wood

Translations

channel, groove of recess in e.g. wood

• Bulgarian: жлеб (bg) m (žleb), фалц (bg) m (falc)
• Finnish: huullos (fi)
• French: feuillure (fr) f
• German: Nutnaht f, Falz (de) m
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• Italian: addentellato (it) m
• Russian: шпу́нт (ru) m (špúnt)

Verb

rabbet (third-person singular simple present rabbets, present participle rabbeting, simple past and past participle rabbeted)

1. (transitive) To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.

Translations

cut a rabbet

• Finnish: huultaa (fi)
• Italian: addentellare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: шпунтова́ть (ru) n (špuntovátʹ), фальцева́ть (ru) n (falʹcevátʹ)

Derived terms

• rabbeted
• rabbet joint
• rabbet plane

Etymology 2

Noun

rabbet (plural rabbets)

1. Obsolete form of rabbit.
   • 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish fryar

     I would fain see him walk in querpo, like a cased rabbet, without his holy furr upon his back, that the world may once behold the inside of a fryar.

Anagrams

• barbet