dovetail

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

The noun is derived from dove + tail. The verb is derived from the noun.

"How do the various reports dovetail together? — Triplanetary, E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
Analogically, he couples the slanting cut of the equivocator's coat-tails with the sinister cast in his eye; he weighs slyboot's sleek speech in the light imparted by the oblique import of the smooth slope of his worn boot-heels; the insinuator's undulating flunkyisms dovetail into those of the flunky beast that windeth his way on his belly. — The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, Herman Melville

dovetail joint

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