(politics) In a bicameral legislative body, a decision-making entity composed of members of both houses.

(slang) A nightclub. / (slang) A fraudulent casino that uses electromagnets to influence the dice or the roulette wheel.

(US, slang) A brothel or other disreputable or low-class place, especially where patrons are robbed. / (US, slang) A gambling game which moves to a different location every night.

(obsolete) A joining; a joint. / (law) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.

(transitive) To settle a jointure upon.

plural of jointure

The act of making a joint. / The set of joints so produced. / (uncountable) The characteristic of having joints. / The initial grinding of the teeth of a cutting tool, prior to sharpening.

present participle of joint

plural of joiner

plural of strip joint