What does "dovetail" mean?

Dovetail: (Carp.) (a) To cut to a dovetail. (b) To join by means of dovetails.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly. He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it was indeed a very curious show. Burke.

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