• (n.) The part of a canal lock below the lower gates. • (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.
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Tail'-bay` noun 1. (Architecture) 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. Confer
Case-bay .
2. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
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In architecture, a tail-bay is 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.
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