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Record 1 2002-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
  • Finish Carpentry
CONT

A single dovetail can be made in the form of two half pins and a whole dovetail, or as a whole pin fitting into a socket [mortise] between two half dovetails.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
  • Menuiserie
CONT

Assemblage à queue d'hironde ou d'aronde. Il est constitué par une série de tenons de forme évasée, s'encastrant à enfourchement dans des entailles de même profil. Ce procédé est souvent utilisé dans la construction des tiroirs pour relier la face aux côtés.

OBS

Assemblage à queue d'hironde ou d'aronde.

Key term(s)
  • queue d'aronde
  • queue d'hironde

Spanish

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