mitre box

noun

an open-ended box with sides having narrow slots to guide a saw in cutting mitre joints

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Examples from the Web for mitre box

Historical Examples

Provide yourself with a good saw, a hammer, a square, and a mitre-box.
Amateur Gardencraft
Eben E. Rexford
Use a mitre-box similar to the one described in Chapter I in cutting the wooden furniture.
The Boy Craftsman
A. Neely Hall
A Mitre-box for cutting mitres in large work, and this may be made as shown in Fig. 12.
The Boy Craftsman
A. Neely Hall
The camber facilitates cutting to the bottom in mitre-box work without sawing into the bed piece of the box.
Farm Mechanics
Herbert A. Shearer

mitre box

Examples from the Web for mitre box

Historical Examples

Provide yourself with a good saw, a hammer, a square, and a mitre-box.

Use a mitre-box similar to the one described in Chapter I in cutting the wooden furniture.

A Mitre-box for cutting mitres in large work, and this may be made as shown in Fig. 12.

The camber facilitates cutting to the bottom in mitre-box work without sawing into the bed piece of the box.