ˈræbɪt n. & v. --n. a step-shaped channel etc.
cut along the edge or
face or projecting
angle of a
length of
wood etc., usu. to
receive the edge or
tongue of
another piece. --v.tr. (rabbeted, rabbeting) 1
join or
fix with a rabbet. 2
make a rabbet
in. ørabbet plane a plane
for cutting a
groove along an edge. [ME f. OF rab(b)at abatement,
recess f. rabattre REBATE]