Dictionary Stories 2010-06-10

Rabbat

Rabbet is a word in the English language. It is a world that I had not encountered before embarking on this insane endeavour! It is also a word that the blogspot dictionary is unaware of - though blogspot is coming up as a misspelling as well - so I guess that that isn't saying much.

Rabbet, according to faithful wikipiedia is:

A rabbet (also known as rebate) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machineable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a rabbet is two-sided and open to the edge or end of the surface into which it is cut. - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbet)

There you are. You lean something new every day - too bad its of no use whatsoever - unless you happen to be a carpenter. By the way a carpenter is someone who works with wood. It is not someone who paints cars.