Definition of Ringtail

Ring´tail`
n.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.


Related Words

Bassariscus, Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, genus Bassariscus, miner's cat, procyonid, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat


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