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Tenon

Tenon Meaning & Definition
Tenon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tenon?

[n] a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint

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See Also | mortise joint | mortise-and-tenon joint | projection

Tenon In Webster's Dictionary

\Ten"on\, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. {Tooth}, {Tusk}. {Tenon saw}, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly written {tenant saw}.] --Gwilt.
\Ten"on\, v. t. To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.

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