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cope and stick

cope and stick noun: a frame-and-panel joinery technique used to make doors, wainscoting, etc., involving a molded edge with a cut along the inside of the frame where it is to be joined to the panel. The panel piece that meets the molding at a right angle must be "coped", or given a cope cut, across the end grain of the wood to match the molding's profile.

Noun

cope and stick (uncountable)

  1. A frame-and-panel joinery technique used to make doors, wainscoting, etc., involving a molded edge with a cut along the inside of the frame where it is to be joined to the panel. The panel piece that meets the molding at a right angle must be "coped", or given a cope cut, across the end grain of the wood to match the molding's profile.

Questions about cope and stick

What does cope and stick mean?
Cope and stick means a frame-and-panel joinery technique used to make doors, wainscoting, etc., involving a molded edge with a cut along the inside of the frame where it is to be joined to the panel. The panel piece that meets the molding at a right angle must be "coped", or given a cope cut, across the end grain of the wood to match the molding's profile.
What part of speech is cope and stick?
Cope and stick is a noun.

Words near cope and stick in the dictionary

  1. Copdock
  2. Copdock and Washbrook
  3. COPDs
  4. cope
  5. cope and seethe
  6. cope and stick
  7. cope cage
  8. cope cages
  9. cope chisel
  10. cope chisels
  11. Cope Cope

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