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Lap joints

Scope note

In construction, joints in which two building elements are not butted up against each other, but are overlapped, part of one covering part of the other. MEANS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300045391

Broader Terms used

simple joints

Equivalent Terms used

lap joint

Created

13yrs ago

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