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tail-bay

tail-bay noun: one of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder.

Noun

tail-bay (plural tail-bays)

  1. One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder.
  2. The space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor.
  3. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.

Forms of tail-bay

pluraltail-bays

Questions about tail-bay

What does tail-bay mean?
Tail-bay means one of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder.
What part of speech is tail-bay?
Tail-bay is a noun.
What is the plural of tail-bay?
The plural of tail-bay is tail-bays.

Words near tail-bay in the dictionary

  1. tail vein
  2. tail veins
  3. tail wagging the dog
  4. tail wind
  5. tail winds
  6. tail-bay
  7. tail-bays
  8. tail-beam
  9. tail-beams
  10. tail-buzzer
  11. tail-buzzers

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