Category:Tenon

Ten"on, n. Etym: [f., fr. tenir to hold. See tenable.] (carp. & Join.)

Defn: 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.

Tenon Ten"on, v. t.

Defn: to cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a Piece of timber.