BANGTAIL

racehorse, race horse, bangtail

(noun) a horse bred for racing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bangtail (plural bangtails)

The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.

(US) A racehorse.

(slang) A prostitute.

(marketing) An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.

Verb

bangtail (third-person singular simple present bangtails, present participle bangtailing, simple past and past participle bangtailed)

To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.

Anagrams

• ablating

Source: Wiktionary



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