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bobtail, v.|bɒbteɪl|
[f. prec.]
trans. To dock the tail of; fig. to cut short, shorten, curtail.
1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed VI. 28 A noble man, having a surpassing good horse..did bobtaile him, least anie of his friends..should craue him. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) II. 168 He is very just to the first Syllables of Words, but always bobtails the last. a1700Songs Costume (1849) 179 This Cloak..bobtayl'd the gown, Put prelacy down, And trod on the mitre to reach at the crown.
Hence bob-tailed a. [f. vb. or n.], with tail cut short; short-tailed. spec. U.S. bobtailed flush, bobtailed straight = bob-tail C. 5; bobtailed car = bobtail car (see above).
1640King & North. Man 62 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 295 His bob-tailed dog he out did call. 1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3850/4 A clubbed bob-tail'd black Mare. 1863Hawthorne Our Home I. 19 The bob-tailed coat and mixed trousers constituted a very odd-looking court-dress. 1873Winfield (Kansas) Courier 15 Feb. 1/5 Well up in all the mysteries of a ‘pair’ or a ‘bobtailed flush’. 1875Chicago Tribune 16 Oct. 11/3 In regard to public feeling being against bobtailed cars. 1901S. E. White Westerners i. 4 He owned..a light, two-wheeled wagon of the bob-tailed type. 1944Amer. N. & Q. Sept. 85/1 Bobtailed Straight or Flush. |