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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

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