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Tail-Bay
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tail-Bay'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tail-bay.html. 1828.