rattail
or rat-tail
a hairstyle in which a distinct thin section of hair grows from the base of the skull in the back, often extending several inches or more down the neck.
such a thin section of hair growing from the base of the skull.
Origin of rattail
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How to use rattail in a sentence
Every fifth man carried a number of rat-tail files, which were to be driven into the vents of the cannon, and then broken off.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.The rat-tail file he was carrying was driven into his side, making a wound from which he died in two hours.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.It was laconic, but it sounded like a rat-tail file on steel.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayIt is filed out with a rat-tail file until it is large enough to admit the tube very tightly.
A venerable man in gleaming silks--a grandfather, by his drooping rat-tail moustaches--sat fanning himself.
Dragon's blood | Henry Milner Rideout
British Dictionary definitions for rat-tail
another name for grenadier (def. 2)
a horse's tail that has no hairs
a horse having such a tail
a style of spoon in which the line of the handle is prolonged in a tapering moulding along the back of the bowl
a kind of woodworking or metalworking file
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