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Fantail

noun

An overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship.

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"Fantail" Quotes from Famous Books

... variability. It is asserted in reply, that physiological conditions of health and life may bar any such further development. Thus, Mr. Wallace says[109] of these developments: "Variation seems to have reached its limits in these birds. But so it has in nature. The fantail has not only more tail-feathers than any of the three hundred and forty existing species of pigeons, but more than any of the eight thousand known species of birds. There is, of course, some limit to the number of feathers of which a tail ...

— On the Genesis of Species • St. George Mivart

... eagle with the fantail, came, and soared over the people. It dropped a downy feather which stood upright in the center of the cleared space. The chief said, "This is ...

— Myths and Legends of the Great Plains • Unknown

Words linked to "Fantail" : afterdeck, overhang