Tail-bay definition

(architecture) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder.
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(architecture) The space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor.
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The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
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Noun

Singular:
tail-bay
Plural:
tail-bays