fan-tailn.

/ˈfænteɪl/

Etymology: < fan n.¹ + tail n.¹

1. A tail or lower end in the shape of a fan.

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the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [noun] > fan-shaped object

fan1599

dovetail1678

fan-tail1735

1735 Swift On Five Ladies at Sots-Hole in Wks. II. 379 We who wear our Wigs With Fan-Tail and with Snake.

1862 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 23 214 Turning the butt-end [of a sheaf] upwards, spreading out the ears, and making a sort of ‘fantail’.

2. A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the form of its tail. Also fantail-pigeon.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > fan-tail

shaker1668

fan-tail1735

1735 J. Moore Columbarium 54 They [pigeons] are call'd by some Fan-Tails.

1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. 148 The..fan-tails and the..powters are of my breed!

1841 Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 230 Runts, fantails, tumblers, and pouters.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 21 The fantail has thirty or even forty tail feathers, instead of twelve or fourteen.

1884 M. Crommelin Brown-eyes i. 3 The grazing deer, and the proud fantail pigeons.

3. A genus (Rhipidura) of Birds found in Australia and New Zealand.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Rhipidura (fan-tail)

willy wagtail1780

shepherd's companion1847

fan-tail1848

1848 S. Maunder Treasury Nat. Hist. 227/2 Fantail. (Rhipidura.) A genus of Birds belonging to the family Muscicapidæ, and found in Australia.

1860 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 27 Oct. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 645 Found a fantail nest (young ones) & a riroriro's with two young ones & an egg.

1882 W. L. Buller Man. Birds N.Z. 26 The Pied Fantail, ever flitting about with broadly-expanded tail.., is one of the most pleasing and attractive objects in the New Zealand forest.

1935 ‘J. Guthrie’ Little Country xxiii. 356 A fantail perched on a twig near them and flirted its feathers.

a. Mech. A kind of joint. Cf. dovetail n. 2a.

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1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products

b. = fan n.¹ 6c.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > sail > type of

spring sail1835

spring sweep1919

patent sail1924

fan-tail1934

1934 Archit. Rev. 76 166/3 The elaborate invention of an ingenious Scot, by name Meikle, who, in 1750, conceived a method of turning the mill automatically so that the ‘sails’, ‘sweep’, ‘arms’—whatever pet name you care to employ—always faced the wind. It—the invention—was known as a ‘fantail’, and consisted of a fan of six to ten blades... Mounted on a spindle, and so arranged that if the wind should veer slightly, it strikes the ‘fan~tail’ which turns the mill through appropriate gearing until such time as the sails face the wind again.

1949 K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. ii. iv. 74 By these three inventions—automatic sails, fan-tail, and governor—the wind itself has been used to counteract its own fickle and varying moods in man's service.

c. Naut. ‘The projecting part of the stern of a yacht or other small vessel when it extends unusually far over the water abaft the stern post’ ( Cent. Dict. 1889); so extended to larger craft. (Cf. overhang n.)

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > unusually extensive projecting part

fan-tail1882

1882 Harper's Mag. Jan. 174/2 The stalactites of ice..at the start lent the wheel and ‘fan-tail’ a novel beauty.

1943 J. Steinbeck in N.Y. Herald Tribune 19 Nov. 21/5 The boat..threw out a curving V of wake and boiled the water a little under the fantail.

1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 252/2 Fantail stern, a type of yacht stern in which the shell planking or plating sweeps up to a sharp point to join the deck planking... This type of stern has been almost abandoned in recent years.

1955 C. S. Forester Good Shepherd 70 Krause strode out on the wing of the bridge as the..gun at the fantail went off.

1957 Jane's Fighting Ships 1957–58 424 The aircraft crane on the fantail has not the capacity to handle heavy boats.

5. (See quot. 1874.)

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1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fantail, a joint; a gas burner.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Fan-tail..a form of gas-burner in which the burning jet has an arched form.

6. attrib., as fan-tail-hat, also, simply, fan-tail, a coal-heaver's hat, a sou'wester; fan-tail gentleman, a wearer of such a hat, a coal-heaver.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other

cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475

hat1483

wishing-hat1600

cockle hat1603

porringer1623

poke1632

custard-cap1649

bonnet1675

muff-box1678

Caroline1687

Quaker1778

meat safe1782

balloon hat1784

gypsy hat1785

cabriolet1797

gypsy bonnet1803

Gypsy1806

Wellington hat1809

fan-tail-hat1810

umbrella hat1817

radical1828

caubeen1831

topi1835

montera1838

Petersham1845

squash hat1860

Moab1864

kiddy1865

flap-hat1866

Dolly Varden1872

brush-hata1877

potae1881

Pope's-hat1886

plateau1890

kelly1915

push-back1920

kiss-me-quick hat1963

pakul1982

tinfoil hat1982

1810 Sporting Mag. 36 243 The two fan-tail Gentlemen soon gave in.

1850 P. Crook War of Hats 47 Those heavers, too, of coals, with smutted face And fantail hats.

1877 J. Greenwood Dick Temple II. vii. 220, I fancy I see you..with knee-breeches and calves and a ‘fantail’, shouldering an inky sack.

Derivatives

Of a whale: To work its tail like a fan.

fan-tail v. intr.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Melville Whale xxxvi. 179 Does he fan-tail a little curious before he goes down?

fan-tailed adj. having a fan-tail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [adjective] > having fan-shaped extremity

dovetailed1721

fan-tailed1812

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 89 The dustman..doffs his fan-tail'd hat.

1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xi. 211 A rather pretty bird the Fan-tailed Warbler.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2014).

单词	fan-tail
释义	fan-tailn. /ˈfænteɪl/ Etymology: < fan n.¹ + tail n.¹ 1. A tail or lower end in the shape of a fan. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [noun] > fan-shaped object fan1599 dovetail1678 fan-tail1735 1735 Swift On Five Ladies at Sots-Hole in Wks. II. 379 We who wear our Wigs With Fan-Tail and with Snake. 1862 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 23 214 Turning the butt-end [of a sheaf] upwards, spreading out the ears, and making a sort of ‘fantail’. 2. A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the form of its tail. Also fantail-pigeon. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > fan-tail shaker1668 fan-tail1735 1735 J. Moore Columbarium 54 They [pigeons] are call'd by some Fan-Tails. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. 148 The..fan-tails and the..powters are of my breed! 1841 Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 230 Runts, fantails, tumblers, and pouters. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 21 The fantail has thirty or even forty tail feathers, instead of twelve or fourteen. 1884 M. Crommelin Brown-eyes i. 3 The grazing deer, and the proud fantail pigeons. 3. A genus (Rhipidura) of Birds found in Australia and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Rhipidura (fan-tail) willy wagtail1780 shepherd's companion1847 fan-tail1848 1848 S. Maunder Treasury Nat. Hist. 227/2 Fantail. (Rhipidura.) A genus of Birds belonging to the family Muscicapidæ, and found in Australia. 1860 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 27 Oct. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 645 Found a fantail nest (young ones) & a riroriro's with two young ones & an egg. 1882 W. L. Buller Man. Birds N.Z. 26 The Pied Fantail, ever flitting about with broadly-expanded tail.., is one of the most pleasing and attractive objects in the New Zealand forest. 1935 ‘J. Guthrie’ Little Country xxiii. 356 A fantail perched on a twig near them and flirted its feathers. 4. a. Mech. A kind of joint. Cf. dovetail n. 2a. ΚΠ 1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products b. = fan n.¹ 6c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > sail > type of spring sail1835 spring sweep1919 patent sail1924 fan-tail1934 1934 Archit. Rev. 76 166/3 The elaborate invention of an ingenious Scot, by name Meikle, who, in 1750, conceived a method of turning the mill automatically so that the ‘sails’, ‘sweep’, ‘arms’—whatever pet name you care to employ—always faced the wind. It—the invention—was known as a ‘fantail’, and consisted of a fan of six to ten blades... Mounted on a spindle, and so arranged that if the wind should veer slightly, it strikes the ‘fan~tail’ which turns the mill through appropriate gearing until such time as the sails face the wind again. 1949 K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. ii. iv. 74 By these three inventions—automatic sails, fan-tail, and governor—the wind itself has been used to counteract its own fickle and varying moods in man's service. c. Naut. ‘The projecting part of the stern of a yacht or other small vessel when it extends unusually far over the water abaft the stern post’ ( Cent. Dict. 1889); so extended to larger craft. (Cf. overhang n.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > unusually extensive projecting part fan-tail1882 1882 Harper's Mag. Jan. 174/2 The stalactites of ice..at the start lent the wheel and ‘fan-tail’ a novel beauty. 1943 J. Steinbeck in N.Y. Herald Tribune 19 Nov. 21/5 The boat..threw out a curving V of wake and boiled the water a little under the fantail. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 252/2 Fantail stern, a type of yacht stern in which the shell planking or plating sweeps up to a sharp point to join the deck planking... This type of stern has been almost abandoned in recent years. 1955 C. S. Forester Good Shepherd 70 Krause strode out on the wing of the bridge as the..gun at the fantail went off. 1957 Jane's Fighting Ships 1957–58 424 The aircraft crane on the fantail has not the capacity to handle heavy boats. 5. (See quot. 1874.) ΚΠ 1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fantail, a joint; a gas burner. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Fan-tail..a form of gas-burner in which the burning jet has an arched form. 6. attrib., as fan-tail-hat, also, simply, fan-tail, a coal-heaver's hat, a sou'wester; fan-tail gentleman, a wearer of such a hat, a coal-heaver. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475 hat1483 wishing-hat1600 cockle hat1603 porringer1623 poke1632 custard-cap1649 bonnet1675 muff-box1678 Caroline1687 Quaker1778 meat safe1782 balloon hat1784 gypsy hat1785 cabriolet1797 gypsy bonnet1803 Gypsy1806 Wellington hat1809 fan-tail-hat1810 umbrella hat1817 radical1828 caubeen1831 topi1835 montera1838 Petersham1845 squash hat1860 Moab1864 kiddy1865 flap-hat1866 Dolly Varden1872 brush-hata1877 potae1881 Pope's-hat1886 plateau1890 kelly1915 push-back1920 kiss-me-quick hat1963 pakul1982 tinfoil hat1982 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 243 The two fan-tail Gentlemen soon gave in. 1850 P. Crook War of Hats 47 Those heavers, too, of coals, with smutted face And fantail hats. 1877 J. Greenwood Dick Temple II. vii. 220, I fancy I see you..with knee-breeches and calves and a ‘fantail’, shouldering an inky sack. Derivatives Of a whale: To work its tail like a fan. fan-tail v. intr. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Whale xxxvi. 179 Does he fan-tail a little curious before he goes down? fan-tailed adj. having a fan-tail. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [adjective] > having fan-shaped extremity dovetailed1721 fan-tailed1812 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 89 The dustman..doffs his fan-tail'd hat. 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xi. 211 A rather pretty bird the Fan-tailed Warbler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2014). < n.1735
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