dovetailとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

dove +‎ tail. The senses relating to joints and junction stem from their resemblance to an actual dove's tail.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌvteɪl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdəvteɪl/
  • 韻: -eɪl

名詞

dovetail (複数形 dovetails)

1. (woodworking, often attributively) A type of joint where adjoining boards are fastened by interlocking fan-shaped cutouts.

   Synonyms: swallowtail, culvertail, fantail

   • 1855, Friedrich Martens, Isaac de La Peyrère, Edward Pellham, A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen & Greenland, Hakluyt Society, page 95:

     Besides this, another fine starfish came to my hands […] Its body hath ten corners, and it hath a star above with as many rays; each of these one may compare unto a sail of the windmills that the children run against the wind withall, or to a piece of such crosses that are broad before, and narrow where they meet together; that is the shape of a dovetail.

   • 1917, Bernard E. Jones, Soldering, Brazing and Welding:

     With a warding file cut a dovetail on each of the ends to be joined, as shown […]

   • 1920, William Fairham, Woodwork Joints:

     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.

   • 1944, Popular Science, volume 144, number 4, page 151:

     DOVETAIL joints, well known for their strength, have long been used in fine cabinet work. Nowadays they are frequently displaced by other types of joints that are easier to make with power tools, but where a self-locking joint is needed for use without glue, the dovetail is unsurpassed.

関連する語

• finger joint

動詞

dovetail (三人称単数 現在形 dovetails, 現在分詞 dovetailing, 過去形および過去分詞形 dovetailed)

1. (woodworking, transitive) To unite with a dovetail joint.
   • 1900, Walter William Skeat, Malay Magic:

     In house-building it is further forbidden to dovetail or make the ends of the timbers (e.g. of the roof) fit accurately together, and also to build two verandahs, one on each side of the house, with their floors on a level with the floor of the main building; if two verandahs are used, the floor of one must be lower than that of the main building.

2. (figuratively, transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To fit together well; to combine or attach like a dovetail.

   The parts of your essay should dovetail so that it is cohesive and coherent. (自動詞)

   The decision of the executive board dovetails neatly with the prior projects the company has taken up. (他動詞)

   Through my new project, I dovetail my interests in botany and programming. (ditransitive)

   • 1943 March and April, John R. Hind, “The British Railways at War”, in Railway Magazine, page 95:

     Close contacts are also maintained between the chief operating officers of the railways and the movement and transport officers of the Service departments to dovetail railway transport into the schemes of the fighting forces.

   • 1988, Frank S. Kessel, The Development of Language and Language Researchers: Essays in Honor of Roger Brown, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 299:

     I felt that through the combined study of psychology and linguistics I would find out how children learned language, and that I would be able to dovetail this knowledge into my business career in Japan. The first course I took in the area of […]

   • 2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 60:

     The task now facing Mr Crook and his team in the multi-disciplinary programme is sequencing the works going forward, to ensure track, signalling, station works and overhead line installations dovetail together.

3. (computing, transitive) To interweave a number of subprograms or algorithms so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
   • 2002, Jyrki Kivinen, Computational Learning Theory, Springer, →ISBN, page 248:

     The precise way in which we dovetail the algorithms depends on whether our goal is time or query efficiency.

派生語

• dovetailing
• dovetailed
• dovetailer