(Buchbinderei) 1. beim gebundenen Buch die beiden Erhöhungen längs des Buchrückens, an die der Deckel angelegt wird; 2. in den Buchrücken eingehefteter Papier- oder Leinwandstreifen, an den Bildtafeln angeklebt werden können.
(Metallverarbeitung) Verbindung der Ränder dünner Bleche (Dosen, Gefäße, Rohre) durch wechselseitiges Ineinanderhaken der Ränder.
(Bauwesen) Aussparung bei Steinen u. Hölzern, damit sie übereinandergreifen u. fest schließen (z.B. bei Fensterflügeln).
In geology, a bend in beds or layers of rock. If the bend is arched in the middle it is called an anticline; if it sags downward in the middle it is called a syncline. The line along which a bed of rock folds is called its axis. The axial plane is the plane joining the axes of successive beds.
1. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle); SYN. plica.
2. A pen for sheep; SYN. sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcote.
3. An angular shape made by folding; SYN. crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend.
4. The act of folding; SYN. folding.
ETYM French mortaise; cf. Spanish mortaja, Arabic murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Irish mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.
A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint; SYN. mortice.
Hole or recess made in wood to receive a tenon.
(Homonym: rabbit).
(Woodworking) A rectangular groove made in a piece of wood designed to receive the edge of another piece; SYN. rebate.
Groove into which projection fits; frame against which door, etc., closes.
Groove cut to receive an edge.
(Homonym: seem).
1. Line formed by joining two pieces, as in sewing.
2. The space between adjacent planks or strakes of a ship.
3. A line, groove, or ridge formed by the abutment of edges; a thin layer or stratum (as of rock) between distinctive layers; also; a bed of valuable mineral and especially coal irrespective of thickness; a line left by a cut or wound; also; wrinkle.
4. A weak or vulnerable area or gap.