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† ˈculver-tail Carpentry. Obs.
= dovetail.
1616Bullokar, Culuertaile, a strong kind of building by fastening boards or tymber with artificiall joynts so firmely togither that they cannot fall asunder. 1639Horn & Robotham Gate Lang. Unl. xlviii. §530 The Joyner..joyneth them close with culver-tailes. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 125. 1806 Gregory Dict. Arts & Sc. I. 469.
Hence ˈculvertail v.; ˈculvertailed ppl. a.; ˈculvertailing vbl. n.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 7 Culuertailed..as the Carling ends are fixed in the beames. 1727Bailey vol. II, Culver-tailing. 1775Ash, Culvertail, to fasten one piece of timber into another, by tenon in the form of a dove's tail. |