tail pole

See also: tailpole and tail-pole

English

Noun

tail pole (plural tail poles)

1. Alternative form of tail-pole
   • 2004, Paul Gipe, Wind Power: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business, 2nd Edition, Chelsea Green Publishing, page 89:

     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.