Dovetail

"Dovetail" in German

Schwalbenschwanz

(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)

Schwalbenschwanzverbindung

(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)

Verzahnung

(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)

aufeinander abgestimmt sein

(to combine or fit (things) together well)

aufeinander verzahnt sein

(to combine or fit (things) together well)

durch einen Schwalbenschwanz verbinden

(to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint)

einpassen

(to combine or fit (things) together well)

haargenau zu passen (etwas)

(to combine or fit (things) together well)

sich nahtlos zusammenfügen

(to combine or fit (things) together well)

verschränken

(to combine or fit (things) together well)

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