Mitre (disambiguation)
Mitre may refer to:
Headdresses
- mitre, a traditional, ceremonial head-dress of ancient Jewish high priests and Christian bishops and other clergy
- a similar looking military uniform cap worn by European grenadiers in the 18th century
Angled joints
- mitre joint, a type of joint in woodwork or plumbing
- mitre saw, a saw for making these joints
- mitre box, a tool for guiding a saw to make mitre cuts
- mitered cuffs, which feature a corner cut off at 45°
- Mason's mitre, a type of mitre joint
Places
- Mitre Peninsula, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
- Mitre Peak, New Zealand, a mountain in the South Island
- Mitre, New Zealand, a mountain in the North Island
- Mitre Peak, Pakistan
- Isla Mitre, Argentine name for Lavoisier Island, Antarctica
- Mitre Square, London
Businesses
- Mitre 10 (Australia), a hardware and timber retailer in Australia
- Mitre 10 (New Zealand), a hardware and timber retailer in New Zealand
- The Mitre, Bayswater, London pub
- MITRE Corporation, specializing in high technology systems engineering, administrator of the CVE
- The Mitre, Greenwich, London pub
- Mitre Line (Buenos Aires), a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mitre Sports International, a manufacturer of sporting goods, notably footballs (soccer)
- Museo Mitre, Buenos Aires, a museum dedicated to Argentine history
- Radio Mitre, an Argentine radio station
People
- Saint Mitre (433–466), Catholic saint
- Bartolomé Mitre (1821-1906), Argentine president, military figure and author
- Engie Mitre (born 1981), Panamanian footballer
- Sergio Mitre (born 1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Santiago Mitre (born 1980), Argentine film director and screenwriter
Other uses
- The Mitre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, a building
- MITRE Radar Test Site, South Truro, Massachusetts
- mitre, a coin minted in Europe and circulated in Ireland and England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I
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