| 单词 | tongue-and-groove |
| 释义 | > as lemmastongue-and-groove tongue-and-groove n. applied (chiefly attributive) to boards in which a tongue along one edge fits into a groove along the edge of its neighbour, and to joints, etc., so made; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint indenting1382 scarf1497 swallowtail1548 dovetail1565 mortise-piece1577 tenon and mortise1610 culver-tail1616 mortise and tenon1631 finger joint1657 breaking joint1663 meeting1663 mitre1665 scarfing1671 heading joint1773 dovetail-joint1776 butting joint1803 bevel-joint1823 lap-joint1823 lapped mitre1825 mitre dovetail1847 bridle joint1860 mortise1875 sypher-joint1875 keyed mitre1876 tongue-and-groove1882 saddle joint1948 1882 W. J. Christy Pract. Treat. Joints iii. 52 Joggle Joint.—This term is applied to a square, semi~circular,..or otherwise shaped tongue and groove joint generally of equal depth the full way through. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 353 He emerged carrying a sawn section of tongue-and-groove planking. 1939 W. Faulkner Wild Palms 19 The flimsy walls (they were not even tongue-and-groove..but were of ship-lap). 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 11 Nov. (Advt. Suppl.) 4/2 End terr. house, built 1972,..d. glazing, tongue and groove floors, etc. 1977 Time 3 Oct. 53/1 Despite its style and tongue-and-groove plotting, The Honourable Schoolboy sometimes displays a Balzacian tendency to turn urges into passions. < as lemmas |
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