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tail-bay
CIDE DICTIONARY
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. [1913 Webster]
- The part of a canal lock below the lower gates. [1913 Webster]
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