rat-tail

British  

noun

1. another name for grenadier

2. 1. a horse's tail that has no hairs

   2. a horse having such a tail

3. a style of spoon in which the line of the handle is prolonged in a tapering moulding along the back of the bowl

4. a kind of woodworking or metalworking file

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Example Sentences

The first boy I love has a rat-tail.

From Los Angeles Times

Black girls were arrested for having “rat-tail combs,” which have long, sharp handles for braiding hair.

From Slate

Moses has a rat-tail, strung-out eyes and a tattoo on his cheek that might as well read “bad news”; Milla, instantly smitten, brings him home to dinner.

From Los Angeles Times

"About two or three months later I went into the agency, " he continued, "and I had this '80s rat-tail, and they started laughing at me when I said, 'This guy told me to come in, he said I could be a fashion model.'"

From Fox News

More than four decades later, the West Texas potter with the graying rat-tail and bushy goatee is still making superb pieces - his work is in museums and galleries around the country - and the old chicken plant has become the Art Institute of San Angelo.

From Washington Times