carpentry Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, Shipbuilding, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. C ...

, a reveal is a feature resembling a rabbet, but constructed of separate pieces of

wood Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin t ...

. A reveal may typically be seen at the edge of a door or

window A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent ma ...

, where the face molding is set back, often by a distance from to . (This noun is unrelated to the verb ''reveal'' but is from the obsolete verb ''revale'' 'to lower, bring down,' which is related to ''vale'' and ''valley''.''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', s.v
reveal
) A "tight reveal" is where the distance to the edge of the casing is kept as small as possible, to give a smoother, more consistent look, often thought to be more contemporary. This is often achieved on a cabinet door by notching out the area of the door where the hinge mounts.

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