From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dovetail \Dove"tail'\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dovetailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dovetailing}.]
1. (Carp.) (a) To cut to a dovetail. (b) To join by means of dovetails.
2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.
He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it was indeed a very curious show. --Burke.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "dovetailing": a propos, ad rem, adapted, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, geared, happy, just right, likely, meshing, on the button, opportune, pat, qualified, relevant, right, seasonable, sortable, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, to the point, to the purpose
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