Carpentry.
a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
Carpentry.
a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012