dovetail+tenon

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• Dovetail — Dove tail , n. (Carp.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird s tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dovetail molding — Dovetail Dove tail , n. (Carp.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird s tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dovetail saw — Dovetail Dove tail , n. (Carp.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird s tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dovetail — late 16c. (n.), 1650s (v.), from DOVE (Cf. dove) (n.) + TAIL (Cf. 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 …   Etymology dictionary

• dovetail — [v] link, fit together accord, agree, check out, coincide, conform, correspond, go, harmonize, interlock, jibe, join, match, mortise, square, sync*, sync up*, tally, tenon, unite; concepts 113,664 Ant. disconnect, disunite, unlink …   New thesaurus

• dovetail — [duv′tāl΄] n. 1. a part or thing shaped like a dove s tail; specif., a projecting, wedge shaped part (tenon) that fits into a corresponding cut out space ( mortise) to form an interlocking joint 2. a joint thus formed vt. 1. to join or fasten… …   English World dictionary

• Dovetail — ♦ Tenon shaped like a dove s spread tail or reversed wedge, fitting into corresponding mortice and forming a joint. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 411) …   Medieval glossary

• dovetail — n. & v. n. 1 a joint formed by a mortise with a tenon shaped like a dove s spread tail or a reversed wedge. 2 such a tenon. v. 1 tr. join together by means of a dovetail. 2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by into, with) fit readily together; combine… …   Useful english dictionary

• dovetail joint — noun a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises • Syn: ↑dovetail • Derivationally related forms: ↑dovetail (for: ↑dovetail) • Hypernyms: ↑mortise joint, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• dovetail — I. noun Date: 1573 something resembling a dove s tail; especially a flaring tenon and a mortise into which it fits tightly making an interlocking joint between two pieces (as of wood) II. verb Date: circa 1656 transitive verb 1. a. to join by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dovetail — dovetailer, n. /duv tayl /, n. Carpentry. 1. a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin. 2. a joint formed of one or more such tenons fitting tightly within corresponding mortises. v.t., v.i. 3. Carpentry. to join or fit together by means… …   Universalium