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Meaning of BIRD'S-MOUTH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bird's-mouth`\, n. (Arch.)
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.
 
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