"tail-doved"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Dovetailed ?

  JL

"Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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>From http://www.regiments.org/wars/18thcent/39jenkin.htm#chronology

1743 conflict in the West Indies tail-doved into
the War of the Austrian Succession as Britain became involved

While there is no heading for "tail-dive" (n. or
v.) in OED2, there is one quotation instance for the noun:

"1914 Hamel & Turner Flying iii. 57 M. Adolphe
Pégoud introduced side-slips, tail-dives, and
nose-dives into his exhibition repertory of flying."

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