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Definition of Tenon
1. Noun. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
Definition of Tenon
1. n. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.
2. v. t. To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
Definition of Tenon
1. Noun. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. ¹
2. Verb. To make a tenon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenon
1. to unite by means of a tenon (a projection on the end of a piece of wood) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Tenon
1. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Tenon saw, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. Origin: F, fr. Tenir to hold. See Tenable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenon
Literary usage of Tenon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1829)
"A. tenon, liquidator (legally appointed by the law of appointed by ... and tenon,
and stated that the de- shew that by fendant was indebted to TA tenon as ..."
2. Handwork in Wood by William Noyes (1910)
"The mortise is the rectangular hole cut to receive the tenon and is made slightly
... The sides of the tenon and of the mortise are called "cheeks" and the ..."
3. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"The mortise-and-tenon joint is the principal of the greatest number of the other
joints. It is necessary therefore to describe it first at length. ..."
4. Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A by Austin Thomas Byrne (1898)
"MORTISE AND tenon.—The mortise is a rectangular hole cut to receive the tenon,
... The tenon is formed by dividing the end of the stick of timber into three ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Л tenon is formed by cutting in on each side or edge of a piece of timber, near
its end, transversely, to a certain depth, or rather, leaving a certain part ..."
6. Structural Details: Or Elements of Design in Heavy Framing by Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1909)
"The length of the tenon is made Onp.Ho/e--' FIG. 30^. Mortise and tenon. FIG.
30*. Housed tenon. a little shorter than the depth of the mortise so that the ..."
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