'Mortise joint' definitions:
Definition of 'mortise joint'
(from WordNet)
noun
A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus [syn: ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis]
noun
A joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other [syn: mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint]
Definition of 'Mortise joint'
From: GCIDE
- Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. [1913 Webster]
- Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively.
- Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon.
- Mortise lock. See under Lock.
- Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called mortise gear, and core gear. [1913 Webster]