RINGTAILS

Noun

ringtails

plural of ringtail

Anagrams

• Tringalis, trailings, trialings

Source: Wiktionary


RINGTAIL

Ring"tail`, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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