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What (who) is tell-tale - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tell-Tale; Tell Tale; Telltale (disambiguation); Tell-tale; Tell-tale (vehicles)
tell-tale
also telltale
Something that is described as telltale gives away information, often about something bad that would otherwise not be noticed.
Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue he was suffering.
ADJ: ADJ n
tell-tale
I. n.
Tattler, talebearer, blabber.
II. a.
Babbling, tattling, blabbing.
Tell-tale (sailing)
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SMALL STRAPS ATTACHED TO THE SAIL TO HELP THE SAILOR JUDGE THE RELATIVE WIND DIRECTION AND ADJUST THE SAILS FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
A tell-tale, in a nautical or sailing context, is a piece of yarn or fabric attached to a sail, a stay, or any rigging on a sailboat. Typically, a tell-tale is on a port and a starboard stay.
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Telltale
Telltale or tell-tale may refer to:
Advisory devices in vehicles:
- Tell-tale (spacecraft), a status indicator in a spacecraft control system
- Tell-tale (sailing), a piece of fabric attached as a guide for adjusting a sail
- Tell-tale (bridges), cords or chains suspended from bridges to warn vehicle drivers of low clearance
- Tell-tale (automotive), a light to signal a problem in a vehicle
- Yaw string, or telltale, a short string to indicate aircraft movement
- A hole in the firebox of a steam engine to warn of corrosion
- A safety device on a British Railways Mark 1 railway carriage linking the communication cord with the railway line
Other:
- Telltale (TV series), a 1993 ITV miniseries, starring Bernard Hill and Nigel Harrison
- Tell-Tale (film), a 2009 film based on "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
- Telltale Games, a video game developer
- Telltale (Rainbow), a group of musicians known for their work on the 1970s British TV series Rainbow
Examples of use of tell-tale
1. Sufferers do not always display tell tale signs straight away.
2. Scans revealed dark «nodules» on the spinal cord – the tell–tale signs of multiple sclerosis.
3. The tell–tale traces were reportedly discovered during searches between June 10 and August 4.
4. The diary of an unconventional nuclear family Monday A tell–tale wet patch in Ds bed.
5. Silicon leaves a tell–tale residue in the tanks of stricken cars, which is effectively sand.