/ring"tayl'/ , n.
1. any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
2. cacomistle.
3. Also called ringsail . Naut. a narrow studdingsail set abaft a gaff sail, esp. a spanker, upon spears extending beyond the gaff and boom.
adj.
4. ring-tailed.
[ 1530-40; RING 1 + TAIL 1 ]