Tail-bay

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

  Tail-bay \Tail"-bay`\, n.
     1. (Arch.) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall
        and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall
        and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. {Case-bay}.
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     2. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
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