Carpentry. Obs. = DOVETAIL.
1616. Bullokar, Culuertaile, a strong kind of building by fastening boards or tymber with artificiall joynts so firmely togither that they cannot fall asunder.
1639. Horn & Robotham, Gate Lang. Unl., xlviii. § 530. The Joyner … joyneth them close with culver-tailes.
1703. T. N., City & C. Purchaser, 125.
1806. Gregory, Dict. Arts & Sc., I. 469.
Hence Culvertail v.; Culvertailed ppl. a.; Culvertailing vbl. sb.
1627. Capt. Smith, Seaman’s Gram., ii. 7. Culuertailed … as the Carling ends are fixed in the beames.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Culver-tailing.
1775. Ash, Culvertail, to fasten one piece of timber into another, by tenon in the form of a dove’s tail.
