WordNet
n. a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises [syn: dovetail]
Wikipedia
A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joinery technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery (carpentry) including furniture, cabinets, carcase construction, log buildings and traditional timber framing. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart ( tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to the front. A series of pins cut to extend from the end of one board interlock with a series of tails cut into the end of another board. The pins and tails have a trapezoidal shape. Once glued, a wooden dovetail joint requires no mechanical fasteners.
The dovetail joint probably pre-dates written history. Some of the earliest known examples of the dovetail joint are in furniture entombed with mummies dating from First Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as well the tombs of Chinese emperors. The dovetail design is an important method of distinguishing various periods of furniture.
In Europe the dovetail joint is also called a swallow-tail joint or a fantail joint.
Dovetail Joint was a rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1992. The band featured guitar/vocalist Charles Gladfelter, guitarist Robert Byrne, bassist Jon Kooker, and drummer Joe Dapier. After several years of playing locally, as well as independently releasing their self-titled album in 1995, the band started to garner interest after their song "Level on the Inside" was featured on an annual compilation disc of local radio station WKQX Q101. Columbia Records quickly signed the band and released 001 in early 1999. "Level" turned out to be the band's only commercial hit, and Columbia dropped the band before releasing a second album. However, an independently released EP was released in 2002 which would turn out to be their last.
Gladfelter and Byrne regrouped to form the band Ivory Wire along with drummer Henry Jansen which has since put out two albums to date and has gone on an official hiatus.
Dovetail Joint is Dovetail Joint's debut label release. The album is also known as "The Black Album" due to the black background used throughout the album insert as well as the disc itself. Only 5000 copies were manufactured.
It was recorded from April 1995 to June 1995 at Warzone Recorders in Chicago, Illinois, and released on September 1, 1995.
A dovetail joint is a woodworking joinery technique.
Dovetail Joint may also refer to:
- Dovetail Joint (band), a Chicago-based band
- Dovetail Joint (album), a 1995 album by the band Dovetail Joint
Usage examples of "dovetail joint".
Despite the lack of inexpensive fasteners, they had never heard of a dado or a rabbet or a dovetail joint.
He wanted to smell fresh-cut wood, experience the satisfaction of a well-made dovetail joint.