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Mitre

ˈmʌɪtə

Mitre definitions

noun

Inflections:

miter miters mitre mitres

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

"a mitre saw"
- a diagonal seam between two pieces of fabric that are sewn together at a corner
a mollusc of warm seas which has a sharply pointed shell with a narrow aperture, supposedly resembling a bishop's mitre

verb

Inflections:

miter mitered mitering miters mitre mitred mitres mitring

join by means of a mitre joint or seam

"turn up a double hem, mitring the corners"