dovetailed

[ duhv-teyld ]

adjective

, Heraldry.

1. noting a partition line or a charge, as an ordinary, having a series of indentations suggesting dovetails.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dovetailed¹

First recorded in 1715–25; dovetail + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The cellphone use among pedestrians has dovetailed insidiously with hyper-gentrification, Moss says.

From The Daily Beast

“I think the Old-Fashioned craze has also dovetailed with a lot of drinkers coming back to whiskey,” Simonson says.

From The Daily Beast

Obama's message was narrowly about peace, but it dovetailed with Molad's.

From The Daily Beast

The segment was called “Swinging in the Suburbs,” and it dovetailed with a Newsweek cover story I wrote on unfaithful women.

From The Daily Beast

In one form of feather key the part within the piece carried by the shaft is dovetailed as shown at (f).

From Project Gutenberg

The pieces are firmly dovetailed together, the front being clean and the dovetailing blind.

From Project Gutenberg

The dovetailed bit of iron is knocked downwards and falls off, and the ring may then be lifted clear of the casting.

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On this account some watches have slots dovetailed in form, being wider at the bottom, others have ruby pins of this form.

From Project Gutenberg

Fig. 37 is "Oblique Dovetail Halving," one side of the piece being dovetailed.

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