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butt joint

noun

, Building Trades.
  1. a joint formed by two pieces of wood or metal united end to end without overlapping.


butt joint

noun

  1. a joint between two plates, planks, bars, sections, etc, when the components are butted together and do not overlap or interlock. The joint may be strapped with jointing plates laid across it or welded ( butt weld ) Sometimes shortened tobutt
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of butt joint1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

The pieces of wood which form a butt joint may be glued together with or without the aid of cramps or artificial pressure.

The two or more pieces of timber in a butt joint adhere by crystallisation of the glue and atmospheric pressure.

Fig. 15 shows a butt joint planed at an angle of 45 degrees (commonly called a mitre), used for box feet, etc.

A doweled butt-joint is made by inserting, with glue, dowel-pins into holes bored into the two members.

A plain butt-joint is one in which the members join endwise or edgewise without overlapping.

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