butt weld

American  

noun

1. a weld between two pieces of metal butted together with the abutted ends shortened and thickened and fused together under heat.

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butt weld British  

noun

1. See butt joint

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Etymology

Origin of butt weld

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

“I used a steel tube with a butt weld down the length of it. We don’t have much of the seamless kind. Too expensive. We used what we had on your last rockets.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

A butt weld was where the two ends of the steel sheet that made the tube were simply pushed together and welded.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

The bar is shaped in the same way as for a butt weld.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)