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Meaning of 'tail-bay' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tail-bay [ n.]
- One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay.
- The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.

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