Ringsail

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ringsail \Ring"sail`\, n. (Naut.)
     See {Ringtail}, 2.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ringtail \Ring"tail`\, n.
     1. (Zool.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the
        tail, as the hen harrier.
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     2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a
        boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also {ringsail}.
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     {Ringtail boom} (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for
        setting a ringtail.
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