'Ringtail boom' definitions:

Definition of 'Ringtail boom'

From: GCIDE
  • Ringtail \Ring"tail`\, n.
  • 1. (Zool.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. [1913 Webster]
  • Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail. [1913 Webster]