FANTAIL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fantail" is a kind of...):

overhang (projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else)

Holonyms ("fantail" is a part of...):

afterdeck (a deck abaft of midships)

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