Found 2 items, similar to Dovetailed.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dovetail
dovetail
n : a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
[syn:
dovetail joint]
dovetail
v : fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dovetailed
Dovetail
\Dove"tail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Dovetailed; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Dovetailing.]
1. (Carp.)
(a) To cut to a dovetail.
(b) To join by means of dovetails.
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2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to
fit ingeniously or complexly.
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He put together a piece of joinery so crossly
indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it
was indeed a very curious show. --Burke.
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