RABBET
- deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it
- broad groove let into the surface of a board or the like; dado
- to cut a rabbet in (a board or the like)
- to join (boards or the like) by means of a rabbet or rabbets
- to cut a groove in [v RABBETED, RABBETING, RABBETS]
- to join by a rabbet (usually fol. by on or over)