mortise-and-tenon joint

English

Noun

mortise-and-tenon joint (plural mortise-and-tenon joints)

  1. (woodworking) A joint made by inserting a projecting tenon into a mortised slot.
    • 1918, Herman Frederick Rusch, Shop Work, Joinery-cabinet-making-carpentry, Chicago, Illinois, United States: University of Chicago Press, page 56:
      A keyed mortise-and-tenon joint is constructed the same as a doweled mortise and tenon joint except that the tenon projects far enough through the mortise to admit the insertion of a tapering key which draws the mortised piece firmly against the shoulder of the tenon.

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