Noun has 2 senses

• mortise joint(n = noun.body) ankle, ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis - a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus;




• mortise joint(n = noun.artifact) mortise-and-tenon joint - a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other;