ringsail

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ringtail \Ring"tail`\, n.

1.(Zool.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. [1913 Webster]

2.(Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. [1913 Webster]

Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail. [1913 Webster]


Ringsail \Ring"sail`\, n. (Naut.) See Ringtail, 2. [1913 Webster]
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