ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tail-bay

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tail-bay is a noun meaning (architecture) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder.

Meaning

(architecture) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder.

More Meanings

  1. (architecture) The space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor.
  2. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.

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Related dictionary entries include beamshelf, gain, bearing, tas-de-charge, tailboard, roofbeam.

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