mitre box

noun

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

Nearby words

mitral valve, mitral valve prolapse, mitralization, mitre, mitre block, mitre box, mitre gear, mitre joint, mitre square, mitrewort, mitriform

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Examples from the Web for mitre box

Provide yourself with a good saw, a hammer, a square, and a mitre-box.
Amateur Gardencraft|Eben E. Rexford
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
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
Use a mitre-box similar to the one described in Chapter I in cutting the wooden furniture.
The Boy Craftsman|A. Neely Hall