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ringsail

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ring⋅sail

[ring-seyl]
–noun Nautical.
ringtail (def. 3).

ring⋅tail

[ring-teyl]
–noun
1. any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
2. cacomistle.
3. Also called ringsail. Nautical. a narrow studdingsail set abaft a gaff sail, esp. a spanker, upon spears extending beyond the gaff and boom.
–adjective
4. ring-tailed.

Origin:
1530–40; ring 1 + tail 1
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