joint stool

joint stool
noun
Etymology: joint (I)
: a stool formed of parts held together by pegged mortise-and-tenon joints : a stool made by a joiner

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a low wood stool having turned legs with all parts joined by a mortise joint.
[1400-50; late ME]

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joint stool,
a stool made of parts fitted or joined together, as distinguished from one more roughly made, as from planks.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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