dovetailn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌvteɪl/, U.S.

/ˈdəvˌteɪl/

Forms: see dove n. and tail n.¹; also 1600s dootle (English regional (northern)), 1600s dufftail.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dove n., tail n.¹

Etymology: < dove n. + tail n.¹The form dootle shows reduction of both elements.

a. Something in the shape of a dove's tail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [noun] > fan-shaped object

fan1599

dovetail1678

fan-tail1735

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lvi. 559 Hang in some high place with a wire, or dooues taile of iron, a glasse vessell.]

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 48 A Duff-tail is a figure made in the form of a Doves tail.

b. spec. A tenon cut in the shape of a dove's tail spread, or of a reversed wedge, to fit into an indenture or mortise of corresponding shape; also, a mortise shaped to receive such a tenon.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint > projecting part of joint

tenon14..

tenora1485

rabbet1678

dovetail1691

relish1703

teaze-tenon1703

coak1794

table1794

tusk tenon1825

tonguing1841

tongue1842

pin1847

cog1858

stub-tenon1875

cross-tongue1876

1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 22 A Dootle, a Notch..Doo tail, i.e. Dove-tail, because like a Pigeon's tail extended.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §82 The blocks themselves were..formed into large dovetails..so as mutually to lock one another together.

1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 64 Very beautifully joined by mortices and dovetails.

a. = dovetail-joint n.: A fastening or joint composed of tenons cut in the shape of an expanded dove's tail, fitting into mortises of corresponding shape.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint

indenting1382

scarf1497

swallowtail1548

dovetail1565

mortise-piece1577

tenon and mortise1610

culver-tail1616

mortise and tenon1631

finger joint1657

breaking joint1663

meeting1663

mitre1665

scarfing1671

heading joint1773

dovetail-joint1776

butting joint1803

bevel-joint1823

lap-joint1823

lapped mitre1825

mitre dovetail1847

bridle joint1860

mortise1875

sypher-joint1875

keyed mitre1876

tongue-and-groove1882

saddle joint1948

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Securicla..A swallowe tayle or dooue tayle in carpenters workes, which is a fastning of two peeces of timber or bourdes togither that they can not away.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 26 Make a foure square box..close the sides well with dove tailes or cement.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Wine Press These cross Pieces are placed upon the Posts which are joined into the Ground-plate by a Dove-tail.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 966 Dove-Tail, a joint..is the strongest method of joining masses, because the tenon or piece of wood widens as it extends, so that it cannot be drawn out.

b. Heraldry. (See quot. 1766.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] > division by lines > types of partition

mesle1562

missiles1606

dovetail1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 19 [This form of line] is termed patée or Dovetail, from a term of art used by the joiners.

1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Gloss. Dove-tail, term..to denote a kind of Partition, wherein the two different Tinctures are set within one another, in such a manner, as to represent the form of the tails of Doves or Wedges reversed.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

dovetail fashion adv.

ΚΠ

1885 Fortnt. in Waggonette 26 Sketchit and I dispose of our legs in dovetail fashion.

dovetail-wise adv.

ΚΠ

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1679 (1955) IV. 177 Some of the roomes floor'd Dove-tailed wise without a naile.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §82 Cut dovetail-wise.

b. Of the shape of a dovetail.

dove-tail groove n.

dovetail key n.

ΚΠ

1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges vii. 323 Pieces of timber..fastened together by dovetail keys and wedges.

dovetail mortise n.

dovetail rail n.

dovetail socket n.

ΚΠ

1876 R. Routledge Discov. 19th Cent. 24 A hammer face is attached to the bottom of the cylinder by a kind of dovetail socket.

dovetail tenon n.

dovetail wedge n.

c. Employed in making dovetails.

dovetail-cutter n.

dovetail-marker n.

dovetail-plane n.

dovetail-saw n.

ΚΠ

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 107 The dove-tail saw is used by joiners and cabinet-makers in dove-tailing drawers [etc.].

C2.

dovetail-file n. a thin file with a tin or brass back, like that of a dovetail saw.

dovetail-hinge n. a hinge having the outer edges of the leaves wider that the hinging edges.

dovetail-joint n. (a) Joinery: a tenon-and-mortise joint, in which the tenons are shaped like a dove's tail; (b) Anatomy: a serrated articulation or suture, as in the bones of the skull.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint

indenting1382

scarf1497

swallowtail1548

dovetail1565

mortise-piece1577

tenon and mortise1610

culver-tail1616

mortise and tenon1631

finger joint1657

breaking joint1663

meeting1663

mitre1665

scarfing1671

heading joint1773

dovetail-joint1776

butting joint1803

bevel-joint1823

lap-joint1823

lapped mitre1825

mitre dovetail1847

bridle joint1860

mortise1875

sypher-joint1875

keyed mitre1876

tongue-and-groove1882

saddle joint1948

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. iv. 413 After the invention of dovetail joints.

dovetail-jointed adj.

ΚΠ

1848 C. C. Clifford tr. Aristophanes Frogs 30 Well put together, dovetail-jointed.

dovetail-moulding n. Architecture an ornament consisting of a moulding arranged in the form of a series of figures like dove-tails; the triangular fret moulding.

ΚΠ

1869 J. H. Parker Conc. Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) 156 Mouldings of the Norman style..the Double Cone, the Dovetail, the Embattled, [etc.].

dovetail-plate n. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 115 Dove~tail plates. Metal plates formed like dovetails, and used to confine the heel of the stern-post and keel together.

dovetail-wire n. a wire wedge-shaped in cross-section.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dovetailv.

Etymology: < dovetail n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdovetail.

1. transitive. To fit together or join by means of dovetails, or by a similar method. Const. in, into, to.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join > with specific joint or method

mortisea1450

culver-tail1616

scarf1627

tenon1652

dovetail1657

cock1663

shoot?1677

knee1711

indent1741

mitre1753

halve1804

box1815

tongue1823

sypher1841

cog1858

butt joint1859

jag1894

lap-join1968

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 103 That the girders be strong, and very well Dove-tayld, one into another.

1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 207 Into this is dove-tail'd the upright back KK.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 607 Steps and risers mitred to cut string, and dovetailed to balusters.

1855 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (new Amer. ed.) 17 The bones are not dove-tailed into each other as in the adult.

2. figurative. To unite compactly as if by dovetails; to adjust exactly, so as to form a continuous whole.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > fit closely together

dovetail1815

tessellate1839

mosaic1841

1815 Sporting Mag. 46 71 The difficulty of dove~tailing the component parts of the farce into each other.

1826 E. Irving Babylon I. iii. 213 We have..as it were, dove-tailed it [book of Revelation] with the Prophecy of Daniel.

1861 A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes x. 293 The readiness with which Forbes had begun to dovetail zoology and geology.

3. intransitive. To fit into each other, so as to form a compact and harmonious whole or company.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > be or become joined together [verb (intransitive)] > fit closely together

box1742

dovetail1813

mortise1861

tooth1865

mate1909

1813 Theatr. Inquisitor 2 111 The various compartments of the dialogue dove-tailed into each other.

1817 J. Keats Lett. in Wks. (1889) III. 99 Several things dove~tailed in my mind, and at once it struck me what quality went to form a man of achievement.

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. ix. 228 The guests did not seem to me to dovetail.

1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. ii. 31 The professorial and tutorial systems have not yet dove-tailed into one another.

Derivatives

ˈdovetailed adj. fitted together or compacted by dovetailing.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [adjective] > joined > with specific joint

mortised1538

dovetailed1656

scarfed1704

tenoned1770

tongued and grooved1773

mitred1775

mitre-jointed1791

matched1833

stub-mortised1833

dadoed1859

lap-jointed1874

t. and g.1948

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dovetaild, is a term among Joyners.

1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 200 A comfortable house of square cypress timber, dove-tailed.

1864 Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 789 A ‘dovetailed and tesselated’ Cabinet.

ˈdovetailedness n. dovetailed condition.

ΚΠ

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiv. 234 A kind of a universal dove-tailedness with regard to place and time.

ˈdovetailing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > methods of

mortising1589

notching1599

scarfing1644

tabulation1658

mitringc1664

tenoning1678

dovetailing1703

cocking1710

tabling1717

cogging1823

foxtail-wedging1825

mitre dovetailing1825

halving1842

key-dovetailing1847

boxing1874

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > proper or standard > accurate in fit

fit1530

dovetailing1821

sectional1875

mated1912

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 33 Fasten the..pieces of Timber well together..with..Dove-tailing.

1821 T. D. Fosbroke Berkeley MSS. 224 A very dove-tailing analogy.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 588 There are three sorts of dovetailing; viz. common, lap, and mitre.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 736/1 [The cranial bones] are united..by the dove-tailing of their edges.

ˈdovetailer n.

ΚΠ

1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 2 Manufacturers of tragedy and dovetailers of melodram.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dovetail
释义	dovetailn. Brit. /ˈdʌvteɪl/, U.S. /ˈdəvˌteɪl/ Forms: see dove n. and tail n.¹; also 1600s dootle (English regional (northern)), 1600s dufftail. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dove n., tail n.¹ Etymology: < dove n. + tail n.¹The form dootle shows reduction of both elements. 1. a. Something in the shape of a dove's tail. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [noun] > fan-shaped object fan1599 dovetail1678 fan-tail1735 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lvi. 559 Hang in some high place with a wire, or dooues taile of iron, a glasse vessell.] 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 48 A Duff-tail is a figure made in the form of a Doves tail. b. spec. A tenon cut in the shape of a dove's tail spread, or of a reversed wedge, to fit into an indenture or mortise of corresponding shape; also, a mortise shaped to receive such a tenon. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint > projecting part of joint tenon14.. tenora1485 rabbet1678 dovetail1691 relish1703 teaze-tenon1703 coak1794 table1794 tusk tenon1825 tonguing1841 tongue1842 pin1847 cog1858 stub-tenon1875 cross-tongue1876 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 22 A Dootle, a Notch..Doo tail, i.e. Dove-tail, because like a Pigeon's tail extended. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §82 The blocks themselves were..formed into large dovetails..so as mutually to lock one another together. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 64 Very beautifully joined by mortices and dovetails. 2. a. = dovetail-joint n.: A fastening or joint composed of tenons cut in the shape of an expanded dove's tail, fitting into mortises of corresponding shape. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint indenting1382 scarf1497 swallowtail1548 dovetail1565 mortise-piece1577 tenon and mortise1610 culver-tail1616 mortise and tenon1631 finger joint1657 breaking joint1663 meeting1663 mitre1665 scarfing1671 heading joint1773 dovetail-joint1776 butting joint1803 bevel-joint1823 lap-joint1823 lapped mitre1825 mitre dovetail1847 bridle joint1860 mortise1875 sypher-joint1875 keyed mitre1876 tongue-and-groove1882 saddle joint1948 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Securicla..A swallowe tayle or dooue tayle in carpenters workes, which is a fastning of two peeces of timber or bourdes togither that they can not away. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 26 Make a foure square box..close the sides well with dove tailes or cement. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Wine Press These cross Pieces are placed upon the Posts which are joined into the Ground-plate by a Dove-tail. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 966 Dove-Tail, a joint..is the strongest method of joining masses, because the tenon or piece of wood widens as it extends, so that it cannot be drawn out. b. Heraldry. (See quot. 1766.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] > division by lines > types of partition mesle1562 missiles1606 dovetail1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 19 [This form of line] is termed patée or Dovetail, from a term of art used by the joiners. 1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Gloss. Dove-tail, term..to denote a kind of Partition, wherein the two different Tinctures are set within one another, in such a manner, as to represent the form of the tails of Doves or Wedges reversed. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. dovetail fashion adv. ΚΠ 1885 Fortnt. in Waggonette 26 Sketchit and I dispose of our legs in dovetail fashion. dovetail-wise adv. ΚΠ a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1679 (1955) IV. 177 Some of the roomes floor'd Dove-tailed wise without a naile. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §82 Cut dovetail-wise. b. Of the shape of a dovetail. dove-tail groove n. dovetail key n. ΚΠ 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges vii. 323 Pieces of timber..fastened together by dovetail keys and wedges. dovetail mortise n. dovetail rail n. dovetail socket n. ΚΠ 1876 R. Routledge Discov. 19th Cent. 24 A hammer face is attached to the bottom of the cylinder by a kind of dovetail socket. dovetail tenon n. dovetail wedge n. c. Employed in making dovetails. dovetail-cutter n. dovetail-marker n. dovetail-plane n. dovetail-saw n. ΚΠ 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 107 The dove-tail saw is used by joiners and cabinet-makers in dove-tailing drawers [etc.]. C2. dovetail-file n. a thin file with a tin or brass back, like that of a dovetail saw. dovetail-hinge n. a hinge having the outer edges of the leaves wider that the hinging edges. dovetail-joint n. (a) Joinery: a tenon-and-mortise joint, in which the tenons are shaped like a dove's tail; (b) Anatomy: a serrated articulation or suture, as in the bones of the skull. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint indenting1382 scarf1497 swallowtail1548 dovetail1565 mortise-piece1577 tenon and mortise1610 culver-tail1616 mortise and tenon1631 finger joint1657 breaking joint1663 meeting1663 mitre1665 scarfing1671 heading joint1773 dovetail-joint1776 butting joint1803 bevel-joint1823 lap-joint1823 lapped mitre1825 mitre dovetail1847 bridle joint1860 mortise1875 sypher-joint1875 keyed mitre1876 tongue-and-groove1882 saddle joint1948 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. iv. 413 After the invention of dovetail joints. dovetail-jointed adj. ΚΠ 1848 C. C. Clifford tr. Aristophanes Frogs 30 Well put together, dovetail-jointed. dovetail-moulding n. Architecture an ornament consisting of a moulding arranged in the form of a series of figures like dove-tails; the triangular fret moulding. ΚΠ 1869 J. H. Parker Conc. Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) 156 Mouldings of the Norman style..the Double Cone, the Dovetail, the Embattled, [etc.]. dovetail-plate n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 115 Dove~tail plates. Metal plates formed like dovetails, and used to confine the heel of the stern-post and keel together. dovetail-wire n. a wire wedge-shaped in cross-section. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dovetailv. Etymology: < dovetail n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdovetail. 1. transitive. To fit together or join by means of dovetails, or by a similar method. Const. in, into, to. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join > with specific joint or method mortisea1450 culver-tail1616 scarf1627 tenon1652 dovetail1657 cock1663 shoot?1677 knee1711 indent1741 mitre1753 halve1804 box1815 tongue1823 sypher1841 cog1858 butt joint1859 jag1894 lap-join1968 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 103 That the girders be strong, and very well Dove-tayld, one into another. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 207 Into this is dove-tail'd the upright back KK. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 607 Steps and risers mitred to cut string, and dovetailed to balusters. 1855 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (new Amer. ed.) 17 The bones are not dove-tailed into each other as in the adult. 2. figurative. To unite compactly as if by dovetails; to adjust exactly, so as to form a continuous whole. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > fit closely together dovetail1815 tessellate1839 mosaic1841 1815 Sporting Mag. 46 71 The difficulty of dove~tailing the component parts of the farce into each other. 1826 E. Irving Babylon I. iii. 213 We have..as it were, dove-tailed it [book of Revelation] with the Prophecy of Daniel. 1861 A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes x. 293 The readiness with which Forbes had begun to dovetail zoology and geology. 3. intransitive. To fit into each other, so as to form a compact and harmonious whole or company. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > be or become joined together [verb (intransitive)] > fit closely together box1742 dovetail1813 mortise1861 tooth1865 mate1909 1813 Theatr. Inquisitor 2 111 The various compartments of the dialogue dove-tailed into each other. 1817 J. Keats Lett. in Wks. (1889) III. 99 Several things dove~tailed in my mind, and at once it struck me what quality went to form a man of achievement. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. ix. 228 The guests did not seem to me to dovetail. 1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. ii. 31 The professorial and tutorial systems have not yet dove-tailed into one another. Derivatives ˈdovetailed adj. fitted together or compacted by dovetailing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [adjective] > joined > with specific joint mortised1538 dovetailed1656 scarfed1704 tenoned1770 tongued and grooved1773 mitred1775 mitre-jointed1791 matched1833 stub-mortised1833 dadoed1859 lap-jointed1874 t. and g.1948 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dovetaild, is a term among Joyners. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 200 A comfortable house of square cypress timber, dove-tailed. 1864 Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 789 A ‘dovetailed and tesselated’ Cabinet. ˈdovetailedness n. dovetailed condition. ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiv. 234 A kind of a universal dove-tailedness with regard to place and time. ˈdovetailing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > methods of mortising1589 notching1599 scarfing1644 tabulation1658 mitringc1664 tenoning1678 dovetailing1703 cocking1710 tabling1717 cogging1823 foxtail-wedging1825 mitre dovetailing1825 halving1842 key-dovetailing1847 boxing1874 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > proper or standard > accurate in fit fit1530 dovetailing1821 sectional1875 mated1912 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 33 Fasten the..pieces of Timber well together..with..Dove-tailing. 1821 T. D. Fosbroke Berkeley MSS. 224 A very dove-tailing analogy. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 588 There are three sorts of dovetailing; viz. common, lap, and mitre. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 736/1 [The cranial bones] are united..by the dove-tailing of their edges. ˈdovetailer n. ΚΠ 1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 2 Manufacturers of tragedy and dovetailers of melodram. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1565v.1656
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