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mitre joint

noun

  1. a corner joint formed between two pieces of material, esp wood, by cutting bevels of equal angles at the ends of each piece Sometimes shortened tomitre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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All these joints require accurate cutting and rather more of it than the mitre joint requires, but they are more easily glued up.

The end is then in the form of a bevel or mitre joint (Figure 50).

A common way is by the mitre joint illustrated in the drawing.

Fig. 2770 is a mitre joint, the only one serviceable to mouldings, pipes, and other curved pieces.

Lap mitre joint; a combination of end lap and mitre; rarely used.

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