Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In masonry, a rebate such as that made on the inner side of a chim-neypiece to receive a slip.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture A
rebate orchase inmasonry left to receive a permanentslab or other filling.
Etymologies
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back + joint
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