Wood joint

Wood joint

A joint formed by two boards, timbers, or sheets of wood that are held together by nails, fasteners, pegs, or glue.

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wood joint

A joint formed by two boards, timbers, or sheets of wood that are held together by nails, fasteners, pegs, or the like. For specific types of wood joints, see broken joint, butt joint, cogged joint, dado joint, dovetail joint, extruded joint, finger joint, half-dovetail, half-lap joint, hewn-and-peg joint, housed joint, mortise-and-tenon joint,rabbet joint, scarf joint, shiplap joint, spalled joint, spline joint, straight joint, tongue-and-groove joint.

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