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1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §252 The four stones..were..to be united to each other by Hook-Scarf-Joints.

1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) I. 329/1 The common scarf joint..is made by merely halving each piece of timber for a certain length, and then bolting or strapping the two pieces together.

1919 S. F. Walker Electr. Mining Machinery xx. 154 A scarf joint is..good if it is well made and very carefully bound.

1948 F. Wightman Wind is Free ii. 33 It had to be hoisted with a block & tackle on sheerpoles to bring it up to where its scarph joint fitted into the one cut on the forward end of the keel timber.