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noun
1.
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
verb (used with object)
2.
to provide with a tenon.
3.
to join by or as by a tenon.
4.
to join securely.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to ten(ir) to hold (< Latin tenēre) + -on noun suffix
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to ten(ir) to hold (< Latin tenēre) + -on noun suffix
Related forms
ten·on·er, noun
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Word Origin & History
tenon
projection inserted to make a joint, c.1400, from M.Fr. tenon "a tenon," from O.Fr. tenir "to hold."
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