In a wooden frame: the projection or shoulder around, or at the side of, a tenon (“projecting member made to insert into a mortise”), used to strengthen a mortise-and-tenon joint.

ridge beam

nounCarpentry

The top longitudinal beam of a ridged roof where the top ends of the rafters meet.

ripping

nounCarpentry

The action of one who rips (in any sense).

riser

nounCarpentry

A vertical part of a step on a staircase.

rive

verbCarpentry

To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).

scribe

verbCarpentry

To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.

shoot

verbCarpentry

To plane straight; to fit by planing.

skirting board

nounCarpentry

A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks.

sleeper

nounCarpentry

A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.

spur

nounCarpentry

A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.

stick

nounCarpentry

An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

strap

nounCarpentry

A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

stringer

nounCarpentry

The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.

stringpiece

nounCarpentry

A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; especially one of the longitudinal pieces supporting a flight or run of stairs.

strongback

nounCarpentry

A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.

swing

verbCarpentry

To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

sypher

verbCarpentry

To lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

table

verbCarpentryobsolete

To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.

tabling

nounCarpentry

The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.

tenoned

adjectiveCarpentry

Having one or more tenons.

toe

nounCarpentry

The long side of an angled cut.

torsel

nounCarpentry

A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.

tote

nounCarpentry

The principal handle of a handplane, for gripping the plane.

traverse

verbCarpentry

To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.

try-miter square

nounCarpentry

A joinery tool that can be used as a standard 90 degree try square and also as a 45 degree miter square.

tusk

nounCarpentry

A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.

tusking

nounCarpentry

A tusk (projecting member).

A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a mortise chisel or hook, similar to the much larger French carpenter's tool, the besaiguë (or bisaiguë).

waned

adjectiveCarpentry

Having wanes, i.e. rounded corners caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

water popping

nounCarpentry

A technique used to open the grain of wood flooring by introducing clean water to its surface before staining and finishing it.