Antonyms for dovetail

Grammar : Verb

Spell : duhv-teyl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌvˌteɪl

Definition of dovetail

Origin : late 16c. (n.), 1650s (v.), from dove (n.) + tail. So called from resemblance of shape in the tenon or mortise of the joints to that of the bird’s tailfeather display. Related: Dovetailed.

verb link, fit together

Example sentences :

Set the bevel-square at the proper angle for a dovetail, Fig. 250.
Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes

When dressed off, it gives the appearance of a dovetail on each face.
Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes

This dovetail is half blind, so that the joint will not appear when the drawer is shut.
Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes

In place of the grooves the cavity may be of the dovetail form.
Extract from : « Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth » by Henry L. Ambler

Fig. 41 shows a "Tee Halving Joint" with a dovetail cut on the edge.
Extract from : « Woodwork Joints » by William Fairham

With a fine tenon or dovetail saw, cut the saw kerf as at Fig. 316.
Extract from : « Woodwork Joints » by William Fairham

Only it was hard for the child to dovetail the two halves of her life.
Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill

Your idea of the brace was capital, and the dovetail will never show at all.
Extract from : « Perlycross » by R. D. Blackmore

But the facts known could not be got to dovetail themselves pleasantly.
Extract from : « The Eustace Diamonds » by Anthony Trollope

The joints of her reasoning seemed to dovetail with fateful accuracy.
Extract from : « Satan Sanderson » by Hallie Erminie Rives

Synonyms for dovetail

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