Word: mitre
Word origin: late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek mitra ‘belt or turban’.
Phonetic:
ˈmʌɪtəListen:
a tall headdress worn by bishops and senior abbots as a symbol of office, tapering to a point at front and back with a deep cleft between.
a joint made between two pieces of wood or other material at an angle of 90°, such that the line of junction bisects this angle. Example: a mitre saw
a mollusc of warm seas which has a sharply pointed shell with a narrow aperture, supposedly resembling a bishop's mitre.
join by means of a mitre joint or seam. Example: turn up a double hem, mitring the corners
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