verb
- cutting a rectangular hole or slot (mortise) in wood to receive a tenon for joining pieces together
Usage: carpentry; woodworking
Examples
- The carpenter spent the morning morticing the wooden beams.
- He was morticing the door frame to fit the hinges properly.
- The apprentice learned the technique of morticing by hand.
- She used a chisel for morticing the joint in the oak table.
- The woodworker was morticing slots for the cabinet doors.
- After morticing the posts, he inserted the crossbeams.