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Definition of Tongue and groove joint
1. Noun. A mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tongue And Groove Joint
Literary usage of Tongue and groove joint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Carpentry and Building (1908)
"This does not satisfy the trade, however, as It wants some kind of a tongue and
groove joint between the strips to hold them together better. ..."
2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"4. Torsion, impact and flexure in one plane. Tongue-and-groove joint in humérus of
... Tongue-and-groove joint in phalanges of Edentata, ..."
3. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1917)
"This style of joint is as expensive to install and disassemble as a tongue and
groove joint. "Plain Face Corrugated Joints, This style of joint is nothing ..."
4. Pattern-making by G. H. Willard, Fred Duane Crawshaw (1910)
"tongue-and-groove joint might be used. A saw cut is made in the pieces AA and
also in the piece B, as shown at CC and DD, Figs. 188 and 189, and the pieces ..."
5. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1916)
"... to install and disassemble as a tongue and groove joint. "Plain Face Corrugated
Joints. This style of joint is nothing more than a plain face straight ..."
6. Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A by Austin Thomas Byrne (1898)
"TONGUE : A fin on the edge of a board adapted to fit into a groove on an adjacent
board; called a tongue-and-groove joint ..."
7. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"Tongue-and-groove Joint. A mode of joining forming tongues and the corresponding
grooves into which they are received on the edges of boards, ..."
8. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"The regular tongue and groove joint is not satisfactory because of the cost of
milling and especially the tendency of the tongue or the sides of the grooves ..."
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