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tail down

tail down verb: to stabilize a corbel by laying back bricks first to stabilize the structure.

Verb

tail down (third-person singular simple present tails down, present participle tailing down, simple past and past participle tailed down)

  1. (bricklaying) To stabilize a corbel by laying back bricks first to stabilize the structure.

Forms of tail down

third-person singular presenttails down
present participletailing down
past participletailed down
pasttailed down

Questions about tail down

What does tail down mean?
Tail down means to stabilize a corbel by laying back bricks first to stabilize the structure.
What part of speech is tail down?
Tail down is a verb.
What is the past tense of tail down?
The past tense of tail down is tailed down.

Words near tail down in the dictionary

  1. tail calls
  2. tail club
  3. tail clubs
  4. tail cone
  5. tail cones
  6. tail down
  7. tail dragger
  8. tail draggers
  9. tail end
  10. Tail End Charlie
  11. Tail End Charlies

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