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tails down

tails down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tail down.

Meaning of tail down

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.

Questions about tails down

What is tails down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tails down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tail down.

Words near tails down in the dictionary

  1. tailrides
  2. tailriding
  3. tailrode
  4. tails
  5. tails away
  6. tails down
  7. tails in
  8. tails off
  9. tailshaft
  10. tailshafts
  11. tailshield

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