scarphed
/skɑːrft/
adjective
- Describing a joint or piece that has been joined using a scarph joint.
- A scarphed connection is often stronger than a simple butt joint.
- The scarphed beam held the weight of the roof for decades.
- They examined the scarphed edges for any gaps.
verb
- Past tense and past participle of scarph: joined two pieces of material by cutting and fitting them together.
- He had scarphed the two boards before applying the glue.
- The old shipwright scarphed the planks to make the hull watertight.
- They scarphed the broken railing back together with precision.