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Mortise and tenon
Also called mortise-and-tenon, tenon, mortise
A carpenter’s joint: a projecting tongue (tenon) fits a matching hole (mortise). At Stonehenge it fixes the lintels to the uprights, a timber joint worked in stone.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Post and Lintel.
A feature of Prehistoric and Megalithic architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Modulor · Mokoshi · Monopteros · Moon gate · Moulding · Mount · Mount Meru · Mullion