(woodworking, often attributively) A type of joint where adjoining boards are fastened by interlocking fan-shaped cutouts.

(woodworking, transitive) To unite with a dovetail joint. / (figuratively, transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To fit together well; to combine or attach like a dovetail.

plural of dovetail

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dovetail

(carpentry) Having a dovetail joint. / (heraldry) Involving a wavy line in the form of triangles, resembling a dovetail.

simple past tense and past participle of dovetail

present participle of dovetail

The situation in which things are dovetailed.

plural of dovetailing

plural of dovetailer