Tail-beam

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of tail-pole.

    "Old post-mills were turned or 'luffed' into the wind by a pole variously called the tail-pole, tail-beam, turning-beam, or tiller-beam."

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tail-pole

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"Old post-mills were turned or 'luffed' into the wind by a pole variously called the tail-pole, tail-beam, turning-beam, or tiller-beam."

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