Tenon
Tenon , noun
[French, from tenir to hold. See Tenable.]
(Carpentry & Join.) 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. Compare Tooth, Tusk.
Collocations (1)
Tenon saw , a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. — Gwilt
Tenon , transitive verb
To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.