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Ringtail
Pronunciation : Ring"tail`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.)
Defn: A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: 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
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