Noun
A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.
Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAerial survey and mapping flights over Johnston were conducted with a Douglas DT-2 floatplane carried on her fantail, which was hoisted into the water for take off. Source: Internet
In 1745, the windmill was improved by blacksmith Edmund Lee, who added a fantail to keep the face of the windmill pointing into the wind. Source: Internet
''' Rhipiduridae fantails * Lord Howe fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina (Lord Howe Island, Southwest Pacific, c. 1925) : New Zealand fantail subspecies that was considered virtually extinct in 1924 and not found by surveys four years later. Source: Internet
The aircraft would have been floatplanes launched from catapults on the ship's fantail. Source: Internet
This forward and aft main deck and fantail were designed to stay submerged and were covered in convert iron plate, built up in two layers. Source: Internet
I’d often do activities, she’d sit on the fantail and read a book! Source: Internet