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Ringtail   Listen
noun
Ringtail  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
2.
(Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; called also ringsail.
Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ringtail" Quotes from Famous Books



... her dad are millionaires! I suppose you're trying to rub in your exalted social position! Well, let me tell you that your revered paternal ancestor, Henry T., doesn't even call it a 'Tux.'! He calls it a 'bobtail jacket for a ringtail monkey,' and you couldn't get him into one unless you ...
— Babbitt • Sinclair Lewis



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