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FANTAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fantail mean?
• FANTAIL (noun)
The noun FANTAIL has 1 sense:
1. an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
Familiarity information: FANTAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fantail" is a kind of...):
overhang (projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else)
Holonyms ("fantail" is a part of...):
afterdeck (a deck abaft of midships)
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