Ring'-tail, n.
n. 1. (Ornith.) A bird having a white tail, the female of the hen-harrier; Circus cyaneus. 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyond the spanker of a ship or bark; — called also ring-sail.
n. 1. (Ornith.) A bird having a white tail, the female of the hen-harrier; Circus cyaneus. 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyond the spanker of a ship or bark; — called also ring-sail.