butt joint


nounBuilding Trades.
  1. a joint formed by two pieces of wood or metal united end to end without overlapping.

Origin of butt joint

1
First recorded in 1815–25

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How to use butt joint in a sentence

  • The pieces of wood which form a butt joint may be glued together with or without the aid of cramps or artificial pressure.

    Woodwork Joints | William Fairham
  • The two or more pieces of timber in a butt joint adhere by crystallisation of the glue and atmospheric pressure.

    Woodwork Joints | William Fairham
  • Fig. 15 shows a butt joint planed at an angle of 45 degrees (commonly called a mitre), used for box feet, etc.

    Woodwork Joints | William Fairham
  • A doweled butt-joint is made by inserting, with glue, dowel-pins into holes bored into the two members.

    Handwork in Wood | William Noyes
  • A plain butt-joint is one in which the members join endwise or edgewise without overlapping.

    Handwork in Wood | William Noyes

British Dictionary definitions for butt joint

butt joint

noun
  1. a joint between two plates, planks, bars, sections, etc, when the components are butted together and do not overlap or interlock. The joint may be strapped with jointing plates laid across it or welded (butt weld): Sometimes shortened to: butt

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