mortise

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English morteys, from Old French mortaise, from Arabic مُرْتَزّ (murtazz, “fastened”), from اِرْتَزَّ (irtazza).

That was not difficult, because the glue in the mortises had long since perished. — The Hand in the Dark, Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
The door happened to have opened of itself, the hasp not having been allowed to enter the mortise. — The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance., Thomas Peckett Prest
This wonderful temple is built of lava blocks without lime or mortar, the huge stones being jointed most accurately by tenons, mortises, and dovetails which bind them solidly together. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson

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