English Explanatory Dictionary

tail-pole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wooden pole, usually fifteen to twenty-five long and nine inches in diameter, used to rotate a windmill into the wind.

Word forms

tail-pole tail-poles tail pole tailpole

Etymology

From tail + pole.

Synonyms

tail-beam turning-beam tiller-beam
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