1820 T. Tredgold 170 The arches are close-jointed..on the outside, but open jointed and indifferently built in the inside.
1878 T. H. Huxley (ed. 2) 36 So porous and open-jointed are some of the rocks of this series.
1992 (BNC) 85 A better type of soakaway can be constructed by making a chamber with open-jointed walling.