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mitre in British English
or US miter (ˈmaɪtə)
noun
1. Christianity
the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back
2. short for mitre joint
3.
a bevelled surface of a mitre joint
4.
(in sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric
verb (transitive)
5.
to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood)
6.
to make a mitre in (a fabric)
7.
to confer a mitre upon
a mitred abbot
Word origin
C14: from Old French, from Latin mitra, from Greek mitra turbanmitre in American English
(ˈmaɪtər)
noun, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmitred or ˈmitring
British
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