Task: Translation
Input (English): An overlapping joint used to couple two timbers end-to-end without increasing their dimensions. Types include simple butt (flat) scarphs and more complicated hooked and keyed scarphs.
Output (Xhosa): Ijoyinti engenanayo esetyenziselwa ukudibanisa amaplanga amabini ngeziphelo ngaphandle kokwandisa imilinganiselo yawo.