ringtail

ringtail
/ring"tayl'/, n.
1. any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
2. cacomistle.
3. Also called ringsail. Naut. a narrow studdingsail set abaft a gaff sail, esp. a spanker, upon spears extending beyond the gaff and boom.
adj.
4. ring-tailed.
[1530-40; RING1 + TAIL1]

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