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tail-beam

tail-beam noun: synonym of tail-pole.

Noun

tail-beam (plural tail-beams)

  1. Synonym of tail-pole.
    • Old post-mills were turned or 'luffed' into the wind by a pole variously called the tail-pole, tail-beam, turning-beam, or tiller-beam.2011, Stanley Freese, Windmills and Millwrighting, Cambridge University Press, page 40
    Synonyms:
    tail-pole

Synonyms of tail-beam

Forms of tail-beam

pluraltail-beams

Questions about tail-beam

What does tail-beam mean?
Tail-beam means synonym of tail-pole.
What part of speech is tail-beam?
Tail-beam is a noun.
What is the plural of tail-beam?
The plural of tail-beam is tail-beams.

Words near tail-beam in the dictionary

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

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