OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37331

dovetail

/ˈdʌvteɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cola de milano • cola de pato • juntura serrátil
In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
After marking out the pins on the drawer sides, we proceed with the next operation, that is, sawing the dovetails ready for chopping out the waste material.
With a warding file cut a dovetail on each of the ends to be joined, as shown by Fig. 1.
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