(architecture) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder. / (architecture) The space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor.

(zoology) Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

A kind of sedge (Eriophorum vaginatum).

(aeronautics) A cone-shaped piece on the tail of a jet or aeroplane where exhaust escapes.

An ornamental tail that completes certain letters in D'Nealian handwriting. / (historical) A short lever for training a carronade on its target.

plural of tail rotor

Leonotis leonurus, a broadleaf evergreen shrub with medicinal and psychoactive properties.

A bird, the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius.

(slang) A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.

Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.