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Webster 1913 Edition
Ringtail
Ring′tailˊ
,Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
2.
(Naut.)
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.