tail pole

A form of tail-pole — A wooden pole, usually fifteen to twenty-five long and nine inches in diameter, used to rotate a windmill into the wind.

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Meanings

nountail pole (plural tail poles)

plural tail poles

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tail-pole.

    When the wind changed direction, the miller laboriously pushed a long tail pole or turned a crank on the milling platform to face the windmill's massive rotor back into the wind.

    2004, Paul Gipe, Wind Power: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business, 2nd Edition, Chelsea Green Publishing, page 89
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Chicago

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