Taming a wild rabbet

Monday, March 14, 2016

"...the back is rebated into the sides, top, and bottom. To rebate means to take away... But the workmen who do not trouble their heads to think why a word is used, call this joint a rabbit, though certainly it is not much like the four footed animal of the same name. the word is written rebate, rebating; but it is generally read rabbit, rabbiting."From The Joiner and Cabinet Maker 1839Every

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