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Meanings of mortise-and-tenon joint in English

A joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other.

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Usage of mortise-and-tenon joint in English
1
What Joe proposed we use in place of Charlie's joist hanger was not, strictly speaking, a true mortise-and-tenon joint.
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2
Dowels are used as pins for joining boards edge to edge, and as a substitute for mortise-and-tenon joints.
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