backjoint

backjoint

[′bak‚jȯint]

(civil engineering)

In masonry, a rabbet such as that made on the inner side of a chimneypiece to receive a slip.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

backjoint

In masonry, a rabbet such as that made on the inner side of a chimneypiece to receive a slip.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.