Fantail
[fænteil]
Definition
(noun.) an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship.
Editor: Ronda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.
(n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.
Inputed by Ferdinand
Examples
- Turning his head, Wegg beheld his persecutor, the ever-wakeful dustman, accoutred with fantail hat and velveteen smalls complete. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But to use such an expression as trying to make a fantail is, I have no doubt, in most cases, utterly incorrect. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Edited by Harold