horse tail

American  

noun

1. a ponytail.

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Etymology

Origin of horse tail

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

That thing that looks like a horse tail hanging from a metal hook in the back kitchen?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2016

“I. . . well, finally Chiron came out in his pajamas and his horse tail in curlers and—” “He wears curlers in his tail?”

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

Yes; but do you not see, nearly joining with them, what is not a horse tail at all; but a flame of fire, kindled at Apollo's knee?

From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by Ruskin, John

On the top of the detaching roller is a large steel fluted roller carried at each end by a small arm called a "horse tail."

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 by Various

Their heads are close shaven, except one lock on the crown, as long as a horse tail, which they bind up into a knot with leather thongs.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Related Words

• braid
• dreadlocks
• haircut
• hairdo
• headdress
• ponytail