mortise and tenon
noun
A joint composed of a mortise and a tenon (also: the component parts of this); the method of joining pieces of wood, etc., by means of a mortise and a tenon. Frequently attributive, especially in mortise and tenon joint.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Weever (d. 1632), poet and antiquary.
- asymmetrical warfare
- asymmetric bars
- asymmetric conflict
- asymmetric warfare
- asymmetry
- asymptomatic
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- asymptotically
- asynchronous
- asynchronously
- asynchronous transfer mode
- asynchrony
- asyndetic
- asyndeton
- as you do
- asystole
- asystolic
- (as) —— as all get out
- (as) —— as anything
- (as) —— as hell
- (as) —— as pie
- (as) —— as sin
- as —— as the next man
- as —— as they come