bird's mouth

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Definitions of bird's mouth words

noun bird's mouth a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate. 1
noun bird's mouth (architecture) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, such as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate. 0

before 1815

One of the 39% newest English words

First recorded in 1815-25

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