A projection fashioned on the end or side of a piece of wood or other material, to fit into a corresponding cavity or mortise, n. in another…

= tenon, n.1

†(a) A tongue to fit into a groove (obsolete); (b) any one of the sides of a rabbet made in an arris; a shoulder, a ledge.

spec. A tenon cut in the shape of a dove's tail spread, or of a reversed wedge, to fit into an indenture or mortise of corresponding shape; also…

Joinery. A projection on a tenon, providing extra strength in a tenon and mortise joint. Cf. shoulder, n. 6c.

(See quotations.)

Shipbuilding. A rectangular projection on the face of a piece of scarfed (scarfed, adj.2) timber, designed to fit into a recess in the face of…

Woodworking and Shipbuilding. = coak, n. 2. Cf. table, v. 5, tabling, n. 7.

a tenon made with a tusk (see 2a).

The furnishing of boards with tongues (tongue, n. 14j); concrete the tongues of boards collectively.

In many technical applications. A projecting tenon along the edge of a board, to be inserted into a groove or mortise in the edge of another board…

As part of a mechanism or construction. Joinery. Each of the projecting pieces between which the tails of a dovetail joint fit.

A projection or tenon on the end of a beam, which is received into a corresponding notch or mortice on the surface of another beam or support; used…

(see quot. 1875).

A cross-grained tongue of wood used to give extra strength to a joint in woodwork.