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bird's mouth
noun
a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of bird's mouth1
Example Sentences
Age-old construction techniques, like a ābirdās mouthā joint cut, securely bind the hefty beams.
Dribs of a red-brown fluid leaked from the birdās mouth when she tilted its carcass.
As they try to yank a berry from a baby birdās mouth, they crash to earth.
In the gap of the birdās mouth, we can see just a hint of breath, a tiny drift of puffin-fog, suspended in the cold air.
A Canadian flag was stuck in the birdās mouth, and hand-lettered signs were taped up reading āCongrats Jamesā and āBig Maple with a no-hitter,ā a reference to Paxtonās nickname, and the large maple leaf tattoo on his right forearm.
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