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ˈdovetailed, a. [f. dovetail n. + -ed2.] 1. Having a tail like a dove; shaped like a dove's tail; having a dovetail.
1721Perry Daggenh. Breach 53 There is no other way..to secure the said bad Ground but by driving Dovetail'd Piles. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 50/2 Cramps..of Wood are..secured by their shape, which is..such..that for resemblance, they are call'd Swallow, or Dove-tail'd. 1838J. Grant Sk. Lond. 163 Some coal-heaver rejoicing in a dove-tailed hat, which overspreads his neck and shoulders. 2. Her. Broken into dovetails, as a dividing line; cf. dovetail n. 2 b.
1868–82Cussans Her. ii. |