I found this term whilst browsing for something else not related to woodworking. It was in the 1887 edition of a dictionary by Noah Webster [1]. Basically it identifies a joggle as “a joint between two bodies so constructed by means of jogs or notches, as to prevent their sliding past each other”, and also as a plural “the pieces of stone or metal used in a joggle-joint”. A joggle is formed whenever one piece is notched to receive part of another, and can be defined as a square, semi-circular, angular or otherwise shaped tongue and groove joint [2]. Now it is obvious that such joints were used in stone masonry, and construction with metal. As it relates to woodworking, a joggle tenon, is often another name for a stub or stump tenon [3].
In reality though, the joggle joint could also be where the butterfly joint in woodworking originated.
- A dictionary of the English language, explanatory, pronouncing, etymological, and synonymous, with a copious appendix, Noah Webster (1887)
- A Practical Treatise on the Joints Made and Used by Builders, Wyvill J. Christy (1882)
- Woodwork Joints, William Fairham (1921)
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