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noun Carpentry.
a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
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Origin of rabbet plane

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby rabbet plane

Rabbah, rabban, Rabbath Ammon, rabbet, rabbet joint, rabbet plane, rabbi, rabbin, rabbinate, Rabbinic, rabbinical
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How to use rabbet plane in a sentence

  • A block-plane is made which can, by means of a detachable side, be used as a rabbet-plane.

    Woodworking for Beginners|Charles Gardner Wheeler

  • A rabbet plane is very little used by mechanics, but when it is wanted for a piece of work, it is wanted badly.

    The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various

  • In making picture frames of simple cross section, it is first necessary to cut the rabbet (Fig. 147) with a rabbet plane.

    Carpentry and Woodwork|Edwin W. Foster

  • In both mouldings, a rabbet 1⁄2 inch or so wide and 1⁄8 inch deep should be made with rabbet plane.

    Carpentry and Woodwork|Edwin W. Foster
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