Machining and reinforcing a preparation into door or frame for attachment of hardware With our frame we do not machine our preparations, we use a process called embossing
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood to receive a tenon of the same dimensions
a hole cut in a piece of wood or stone so that the shaped end of another piece will fit there firmly tenon (mortaise, perhaps from murtazz )
A rectangular hole or slot cut into wood that will receive another member (called a tenon) to make a right-angle joint, or to receive ironmongery such as a lock
Term used when a rectangular hole or area needs to be cut out of wood to receive a piece of hardware, etc
A (usually) rectangular slot or recess cut into a piece of wood and designed to receive a male part, or tenon
A slot cut into a board, plank, or timber, usually edgewise, to receive tenon of another board, plank, or timber to form a joint
{i} recess or groove in a piece of wood or another material that fits together with a corresponding projecting piece of material; connection, joint
A rectangular slot that has been cut into a piece of wood that another piece of wood is to be inserted into to form a locking joint A cutout for hinges or door strikes
To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder
The slot or hole in one member that receives a projecting piece called a tenon from another member
A slot cut into a board, plank, or timber, usually edgewise, to receive the tenon (or tongue) of another board, plank, or timber to form a joint
see mortice lock. a strong lock that fits into a hole cut in the edge of a door American Equivalent: dead bolt (mortise (14-21 centuries), from , probably from murtaj )
{i} mortise, recess or groove in a piece of wood or another material that fits together with a corresponding projecting piece of material; connection, joint