miter box


nounCarpentry.
  1. any of various fixed or adjustable guides for a saw in making miters or cross cuts, especially a troughlike box open at the ends and guiding the saw by slots in the opposite sides.

Origin of miter box

1
First recorded in 1670–80

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How to use miter box in a sentence

  • Make all of these angles equal and if possible cut them in a miter-box.

    Toy Craft | Leon H. Baxter
  • I made a miter box, as shown, and found it to be just the thing for this purpose.

  • The miter box should be fastened firmly to a low table or box.

    Primary Handwork | Ella Victoria Dobbs
  • Sawing off is not difficult if soft lumber is used, and it becomes very simple by the help of the miter box.

    Primary Handwork | Ella Victoria Dobbs
  • This method does away with the use of the rabbeting plane and miter box, both of which are difficult to use with accuracy.