mitered

[ mahy-terd ]

adjective

1. shaped like a bishop's miter or having a miter-shaped apex.
2. wearing, or entitled or privileged to wear, a miter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mitered¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; miter, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Panel doors are connected by “mortise-and-tenon or mitered joints, and mullions that run vertically between the rails.”

From New York Times

Begin a little way away from the mitered corner, not right at it.

From Washington Post

Rev. Harris had railed against “Podunk Episcopalians” who feared “mitered mamas” and said she received death threats and was twice forced to change her home phone number.

From Washington Post

Another is adding a mitered edge, where the horizontal counter surface and a matching edge strip are cut at 45-degree angles and joined to give the material a thicker appearance.

From Seattle Times

All mitered cuts because, he announced, The Amazing Deck would be octagonal.

From Literature