cat's tailn.

Forms: Also cat's-tail.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cat n.¹, tail n.¹

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < the genitive of cat n.¹ + tail n.¹; and partly (in β. forms) < cat n.¹ + tail n.¹

1. The tail of a cat; a fur for the neck, so called.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > scarf or wrap > fur

cat's tail1551

boa1836

throatlet1844

necklet1896

1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) sig. F.vi Bryngynge home sylkes and sables, cattayls, and folyshe fethers to fil the realm full of such baggage.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lvi. 730 Yellowe ragged things compact of certayne scales, hanging vpon the tree, like smal Cattes tayles.

1731–7 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Catkins..join'd together in Form of a Rope or Cat's-tail.

2. A name given to several plants from the resemblance of parts to the tail of a cat.

†a. ? The great mullein, Verbascum Thapsus.

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c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 68 Flosmus..tapsus barbatus..angl. feltwort uel cattestayl.

1483 Cath. Angl. 55 A Cattyle[v.r. Catalle], lanugo, herba est.

b. The reed-mace, Typha latifolia; from the long cylindrical furry spikes which form its fruit.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush

bulrushc1440

holrushc1440

glagol1480

cat's tail1548

reedmace1548

Typha1548

sun's brow1567

marsh beetle1578

marsh pestle1578

mat-rush1578

pole rush1578

water torch1578

water cat's-tail1597

ditch-down1611

doda1661

club-rush1677

deer-hair1777

club-grass1787

draw-ling1795

raupo1823

tule1837

boulder1847

blackheads1850

cat-o'-nine-tails1858

flax-tail1861

bull-sedge1879

mace reed1901

totora1936

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.vij It is called in englishe cattes tayle, or a Reedmace.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. liii. 512 Typha palustris, Reede Mace, Cattes tayle, or Water torche.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. liii. 513 This plant yeeldeth his cattes tayles.

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 11 It may in English as well be called round Bent grasse, as Cats-taile grasse.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xx. 14 Cat-tayles..which from the Sedge doth grow.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxviii. 431 The greater, or broad-leaved Cat's-tail, otherwise called Reed-mace.

1857 Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. 8 649 Upon land which..was originally a cat-tail swamp, we saw a field of corn.

1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 77 The long strap-shaped leaves, and the dark cylindrical spikes of Typha latifola! the veritable cat-tail flag.

1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 109 The tall cat's tails, and all the flags, stand absolutely motionless.

1891 Scribner's Mag. 10 470 The tangled growth of..cat-tails, elder and salt-grass.

c. The horsetail, Equisetum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies

padpipe?a1300

paddock-pipec1300

holy-water strinklec1440

shavegrassc1450

shavewortc1450

horsetail1538

shaving-grass1538

cat's tail1552

toad-pipe1578

pewterwort1597

horse-willow1611

prêle1661

shave-weed1691

water horsetail1710

horse-pipe1785

rush1804

shave-rush1821

equisetum1830

pipeweed1837

scouring rush1845

mud horsetail1855

jointweed1879

bottlebrush1883

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Cattes tayle, herbe, which some cal horse taile, cauda equina, equisetum.

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver v. 31 So bad and boggy it was that..it bore nothing but Cattayles.

1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 25 She pulled the ‘cat's-tails’, as she learned to call the horse-tails, to see the stem part at the joints.

†d. The viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare.

e. Monkshood, Aconitum Napellus.

f. The horsetail rush, Eriophorum vaginatum.

g. = Cat's-tail grass (see sense 3).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > cat's-tail grass

cat's tail1538

cat's-tail grass1597

timothy grass1746

timothy1747

timothy hay1772

1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Cirsion Cattes tayle.

1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. 29 Thys herbe is called in some places of Englande cattys tayles, in other places wylde buglose.

1789 D. Davidson Poems 10 (Jam.) The cat-tails whiten through the verdant bog: All vivifying Nature does her work.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 229 Slopes all flourishing with cat's-tail and poppy.

1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 329.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 63 Alpine Cat's-tail.

3. cat's-tail grass: the name of the genus Phleum; esp. P. pratense, one of the earliest and most productive of British grasses, timothy grass.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > cat's-tail grass

cat's tail1538

cat's-tail grass1597

timothy grass1746

timothy1747

timothy hay1772

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 10 Great Cats-taile grasse hath very small rootes.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 139 [Of] Cat's-tail grass..the spike..seems rough.

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 242 Among the marshes I found the alpine catstail grass.

4. A catkin.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > catkin(s) or unisexual in florescence

chatc1400

tappette1561

catkin1578

chaton1578

kitekin1578

taglet1578

tag1597

cat's tail1611

nucament1633

tassel1646

catling1665

iulus1668

amentum1720

jul1725

ament1783

pussycat1850

lamb's tails1882

Cf. 1578 in 1. ]

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Minons, Cat-tailes, or Catkins: the long aglet-like buds of nut-trees.

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xiv. §119 In the Hazel the Cats-tail [breaketh out] before the budding.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cats-tail, a Substance, growing upon Nut-trees, Pines, etc.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Cats Tails, the male blossom of hazel or willow.

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5. Nautical. The inner end of the cat-head n. (sense 1).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	cats tail
释义	cat's tailn. Forms: Also cat's-tail. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cat n.¹, tail n.¹ Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < the genitive of cat n.¹ + tail n.¹; and partly (in β. forms) < cat n.¹ + tail n.¹ 1. The tail of a cat; a fur for the neck, so called. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > scarf or wrap > fur cat's tail1551 boa1836 throatlet1844 necklet1896 1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) sig. F.vi Bryngynge home sylkes and sables, cattayls, and folyshe fethers to fil the realm full of such baggage. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lvi. 730 Yellowe ragged things compact of certayne scales, hanging vpon the tree, like smal Cattes tayles. 1731–7 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Catkins..join'd together in Form of a Rope or Cat's-tail. 2. A name given to several plants from the resemblance of parts to the tail of a cat. †a. ? The great mullein, Verbascum Thapsus. ΚΠ c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 68 Flosmus..tapsus barbatus..angl. feltwort uel cattestayl. 1483 Cath. Angl. 55 A Cattyle[v.r. Catalle], lanugo, herba est. b. The reed-mace, Typha latifolia; from the long cylindrical furry spikes which form its fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush bulrushc1440 holrushc1440 glagol1480 cat's tail1548 reedmace1548 Typha1548 sun's brow1567 marsh beetle1578 marsh pestle1578 mat-rush1578 pole rush1578 water torch1578 water cat's-tail1597 ditch-down1611 doda1661 club-rush1677 deer-hair1777 club-grass1787 draw-ling1795 raupo1823 tule1837 boulder1847 blackheads1850 cat-o'-nine-tails1858 flax-tail1861 bull-sedge1879 mace reed1901 totora1936 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.vij It is called in englishe cattes tayle, or a Reedmace. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. liii. 512 Typha palustris, Reede Mace, Cattes tayle, or Water torche. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. liii. 513 This plant yeeldeth his cattes tayles. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 11 It may in English as well be called round Bent grasse, as Cats-taile grasse. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xx. 14 Cat-tayles..which from the Sedge doth grow. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxviii. 431 The greater, or broad-leaved Cat's-tail, otherwise called Reed-mace. 1857 Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. 8 649 Upon land which..was originally a cat-tail swamp, we saw a field of corn. 1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 77 The long strap-shaped leaves, and the dark cylindrical spikes of Typha latifola! the veritable cat-tail flag. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 109 The tall cat's tails, and all the flags, stand absolutely motionless. 1891 Scribner's Mag. 10 470 The tangled growth of..cat-tails, elder and salt-grass. c. The horsetail, Equisetum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies padpipe?a1300 paddock-pipec1300 holy-water strinklec1440 shavegrassc1450 shavewortc1450 horsetail1538 shaving-grass1538 cat's tail1552 toad-pipe1578 pewterwort1597 horse-willow1611 prêle1661 shave-weed1691 water horsetail1710 horse-pipe1785 rush1804 shave-rush1821 equisetum1830 pipeweed1837 scouring rush1845 mud horsetail1855 jointweed1879 bottlebrush1883 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Cattes tayle, herbe, which some cal horse taile, cauda equina, equisetum. 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver v. 31 So bad and boggy it was that..it bore nothing but Cattayles. 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 25 She pulled the ‘cat's-tails’, as she learned to call the horse-tails, to see the stem part at the joints. †d. The viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare. e. Monkshood, Aconitum Napellus. f. The horsetail rush, Eriophorum vaginatum. g. = Cat's-tail grass (see sense 3). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > cat's-tail grass cat's tail1538 cat's-tail grass1597 timothy grass1746 timothy1747 timothy hay1772 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Cirsion Cattes tayle. 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. 29 Thys herbe is called in some places of Englande cattys tayles, in other places wylde buglose. 1789 D. Davidson Poems 10 (Jam.) The cat-tails whiten through the verdant bog: All vivifying Nature does her work. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 229 Slopes all flourishing with cat's-tail and poppy. 1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 329. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 63 Alpine Cat's-tail. 3. cat's-tail grass: the name of the genus Phleum; esp. P. pratense, one of the earliest and most productive of British grasses, timothy grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > cat's-tail grass cat's tail1538 cat's-tail grass1597 timothy grass1746 timothy1747 timothy hay1772 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 10 Great Cats-taile grasse hath very small rootes. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 139 [Of] Cat's-tail grass..the spike..seems rough. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 242 Among the marshes I found the alpine catstail grass. 4. A catkin. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > catkin(s) or unisexual in florescence chatc1400 tappette1561 catkin1578 chaton1578 kitekin1578 taglet1578 tag1597 cat's tail1611 nucament1633 tassel1646 catling1665 iulus1668 amentum1720 jul1725 ament1783 pussycat1850 lamb's tails1882 Cf. 1578 in 1. ] 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Minons, Cat-tailes, or Catkins: the long aglet-like buds of nut-trees. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xiv. §119 In the Hazel the Cats-tail [breaketh out] before the budding. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cats-tail, a Substance, growing upon Nut-trees, Pines, etc. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Cats Tails, the male blossom of hazel or willow. Categories » 5. Nautical. The inner end of the cat-head n. (sense 1). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1450
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