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The shaped rail at the bottom of this frame again shows the application of the bridle joint.

Joints Other than at 90°.—The two pieces forming a bridle joint are not always at right angles, as at Fig.

A bridle joint is often defined as the reverse of a mortise and tenon, and is chiefly used in the carpentry and joinery trades.

There are fewer varieties of the bridle joint than of the halved or the mortise and tenon; and this being the case we may take the opportunity of giving a few detailed directions, with explanatory illustrations, on the setting out and the making.

The bridle joint here allows the grain of the leg to run through to the top, and gives a better and more workmanlike appearance to the completed article.