(architecture) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder. / (architecture) The space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor.

A kind of sedge (Eriophorum vaginatum).

(zoology) Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

plural of racket-tail

plural of racquet-tail

Alternative form of racket-tail

Any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.

Leonotis leonurus, a broadleaf evergreen shrub with medicinal and psychoactive properties.

plural of drabble-tail

A draggle-tail; a prostitute or promiscuous woman. / An untidy person; a general term of contempt. / A mess; something bedraggled or cheaply made.