DOVE-TAIL

n.In carpentry, the manner of fastening boards and timbers together by letting one piece into another in the form of a doves tail spread, or wedge reversed, so that it cannot be drawn out. This is the strongest of all the fastenings or jointings.

DOVE-TAIL

v.t.To unite by a tenon in form of a pigeons tail spread, let into a board or timber.

DOVE-TAILED

pp. United by a tenon in form of a doves tail.

DOVE-TAILING

ppr. Uniting by a dove-tail.