ALL meanings of mitre
mi·tre
M m - verb with object mitre to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it. 1
- verb with object mitre to join with a miter joint. 1
- verb with object mitre to cut to a miter. 1
- verb with object mitre to join (two edges of fabric) at a corner by various methods of folding, cutting, and stitching. 1
- noun mitre the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch. 1
- noun mitre the office or rank of a bishop; bishopric. 1
- noun mitre Judaism. the official headdress of the ancient high priest, bearing on the front a gold plate engraved with the words Holiness to the Lord. Ex. 28:36–38. 1
- noun mitre a fillet worn by women of ancient Greece. 1
- noun mitre Carpentry. an oblique surface formed on a piece of wood or the like so as to butt against an oblique surface on another piece to be joined with it. 1
- noun mitre Nautical. the inclined seam connecting the two cloths of an angulated sail. 1
- noun mitre A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks. 1
- noun mitre the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back 0
- noun mitre a bevelled surface of a mitre joint 0
- noun mitre (in sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric 0
- verb mitre to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood) 0
- verb mitre to make a mitre in (a fabric) 0
- verb mitre to confer a mitre upon 0
- abbreviation MITRE miter1 0