different between rabbet vs drabbet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æb?t/
• Rhymes: -æb?t
• Homophones: rabbit

Etymology 1

From Middle English rabeten, from Old French raboter, rabouter (“to thrust back”, verb), from Old French re- + boter, bouter.

The noun is from Middle English rabet, from Old French rabot, from the verb.

Noun

rabbet (plural rabbets)

1. A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.

Translations

Verb

rabbet (third-person singular simple present rabbets, present participle rabbeting, simple past and past participle rabbeted)

1. (transitive) To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.

Translations

Derived terms

• rabbeted
• rabbet joint
• rabbet plane

Etymology 2

Noun

rabbet (plural rabbets)

1. Obsolete form of rabbit.
   • 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish fryar

     I would fain see him walk in querpo, like a cased rabbet, without his holy furr upon his back, that the world may once behold the inside of a fryar.

Anagrams

• barbet

English

Noun

drabbet (countable and uncountable, plural drabbets)

1. A coarse linen fabric.

See also

• duck