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Definition: BIRD'S-MOUTH

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Noun1. An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BIRD'S-MOUTH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)