■ noun a projecting piece of wood made for insertion into a mortise in another piece.
■ verb join by means of a ~.
↘cut as a ~.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from Fr., from tenir 'to hold', from L. tenere .
■ noun a projecting piece of wood made for insertion into a mortise in another piece.
■ verb join by means of a ~.
↘cut as a ~.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from Fr., from tenir 'to hold', from L. tenere .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004