tailpole

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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

nountailpole (plural tailpoles)

plural tailpoles

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tail-pole.

    The miller or his donkey pulled at the so-called tailpole and turned the mill into the wind.

    2011, Robert Gasch, Jochen Twele, Wind Power Plants: Fundamentals, Design, Construction and Operation, Springer Science & Business Media, page 25
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APA

tailpole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailpole

MLA

“tailpole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailpole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tailpole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailpole.

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