bangtail

[ bang-teyl ]

nounHorse Racing Slang.
  1. a racehorse.

Origin of bangtail

1
1885–90; bang cut (nasal variant of bag cut < ?) + tail1. Cf. pigtail

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British Dictionary definitions for bangtail

bangtail

/ (ˈbæŋˌteɪl) /


noun
  1. a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone

  2. a horse with a tail cut in this way

  1. marketing a type of envelope used in direct marketing in which a perforated tail can be used as an order form or response note

Origin of bangtail

1
C19: from bangtail short tail

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