3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tenon \Ten"on\, v. t.
To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a
piece of timber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tenon \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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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