Taming a wild rabbet

"...the back is rebated into the sides, top, and bottom. To rebate means to take away... But the workmen who do not trouble their heads to think why a word is used, call this joint a rabbit, though certainly it is not much like the four footed animal of the same name. the word is written rebate, rebating; but it is generally read rabbit, rabbiting."From The Joiner and Cabinet Maker 1839Every