RINGTAIL

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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.


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