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Housed joints

Scope note

Usually perpendicular joints formed where the full thickness of one member's edge or end is accepted into a corresponding housing, groove, or dado in another member. MEANS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300045399

Broader Terms used

<wood joints>

Narrower Terms used

dado joints

Equivalent Terms used

housed joint

Created

13yrs ago

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