0 the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise (= an opening) in another piece of wood to form a joint --
The blocks were held together by mortise and tenon joints in some cases, while in others they used dovetails and gravity.
The buildings include the farmhouse, a timber-framed mortise and tenon barn with an attached milk house, and a two-story saltbox style granary.
From material recovered he added the knowledge that mortise and tenon joints had been used in their construction.
It utilizes mortise and tenon joints that are connected with wooden pegs.
It was built during the spring and summer of 1839 with a hand hewn timber frame of mortise and tenon construction.
A xed tenon was made by shaping the end of one timber to t into a mortise (hole) that is cut into a second timber.
It features mortise and tenon jointing, also known as corner-post construction, for the log structure.
There are no mortise and tenon fastenings, and no sewing.
