I notice the British referring to 'rebates' in relation to the groove on the
inside top edge of the front and back panels of a standard bee box.

As a former cabinetmaker, I am very familiar with the term 'rabbet' but have
never heard of a 'rebate' except as a reference of returning a portion of a
purchase price.

I therefore wonder if the use of 'rebate' is an unique beekeeping word, a usage
unique to the former British Empire (somehow not including Canada) or a common
misspelling.

I checked quickly online found this for 'rebate':
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?db=web1913&term=rebate

and this for 'rabbet':
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=Rabbet

I realise that there are other dictionaries out there, but I'd like to put the
question to the list.

allen

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