01 n. A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
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1.
A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.(Zool.)
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2.
A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.(Naut.) Also: ringsail
Phrases & compounds
Ringtail boom —
a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.