1765 J. Entick Rábbet, to make a rabbet-joint.
1832 N. Webster Rabbeted, united by a rabbet joint.
1838 J. Britton 387 The junction thus effected being called a rabbet-joint.
1990 Summer 34/1 Rabbet joints are formed by recesses or rabbets, cut out on the edges of the work so that they may be fitted into each other or secured further with a spline fitting into them.