mitring, vbl. n.
(ˈmaɪt(ə)rɪŋ)
[f. mitre v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of mitre v.2 in its various senses; also concr. the shaped end of a piece prepared to be mitred with another.
| 1731 W. Halfpenny Perspective 31 The Mitering of the under side of every Square..must be drawn from the Point of Sight. 1778 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2) I. 618 The thickness of the bracket, with its mitring to the riser. 1852 Seidel Organ 158 Sometimes pipes require even a repeated mitering. This mitering greatly influences the..tone of a pipe. |
b. attrib., as mitring tool; also mitring block, mitring board, mitring box, mitring saw, etc. = mitre block, board, etc.; mitring-machine (see quots.).
| 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 177/1 Tools used by the plasterer... There are also various mitring tools of iron or steel. 1871 Ringwalt's Amer. Encycl. Printing, Mitring Box, a box used to facilitate the operation of cutting material that is to be mitred. Ibid., Mitring Machines, various machines made for the purpose of mitring rules neatly and accurately. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Mitering-machine (Joinery), a machine for mitering or slanting the ends of pieces which are to be united by a miter-joint. 1875 Carpentry & Join. 39 The Mitreing Box..is used to cut pieces of moulding at the right angle for picture and other frames. |