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tail-bays

tail-bays is the plural of tail-bay.

Meaning of tail-bay

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.

Questions about tail-bays

What is tail-bays the plural of?
Tail-bays is the plural of tail-bay.

Words near tail-bays in the dictionary

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

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