monkey tailn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪ teɪl/, U.S.

/ˈməŋki ˌteɪl/

Forms: 1800s monkey's tail, 1800s– monkey tail.

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

Etymology: < monkey n. + tail n.¹

†1. Nautical. A short handspike or lever, used esp. to train a gun. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] > other levers or crowbars

looder1545

gablock?1746

pig's foot1790

lewder tree1808

monkey tail1822

fold-pitcher1832

pointer1875

Lord Mayor1877

tire-iron1952

1822 ‘B. Truck’ Man-of-war's-man in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 27/1 We would need a spare monkey's tail for the after carronade.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vi. 64 Hand me that monkey's tail.

1841 Southern Literary Messenger 7 769/2 He would come on deck at nine o'clock every morning and inspect..the bright monkey-tails.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Monkey-tail, a lever for training a carronade.

2. Nautical. A rope or lanyard attached to the end of a lever. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 202 At the word ‘let go’, the anchor is freed by a smart pull on the monkey tails, which are lanyards, attached to the end of the lever.

1955 C. W. T. Layton Dict. Naut. Words & Terms Monkey tail, rope attached to the end of a lever so that extra hands can heave on it.

3. (A nickname for) a type of breech-loading gun first produced by Westley Richards in 1858 (see quot. 1972).

ΚΠ

1936 H. B. C. Pollard Hist. Firearms vi. 168 Westley Richards, 1858, Birmingham... Known as ‘Monkey tail’.

1972 R. Akehurst World of Guns 28/2 Richards also produced a capping breech-loading carbine in 1858, often called the ‘monkey tail’ because of the top lever which lifted up and forwards to open the breech.

1986 Target Gun Aug. 22/2 The pieces..included..a fine .450 Westley Richards patent presentation breech loading ‘Monkey Tail’ percussion rifle.

1986 Target Gun Aug. 23/2 Also on sale was..a rare Westley monkey tail pistol.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monkey tail
释义	monkey tailn. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪ teɪl/, U.S. /ˈməŋki ˌteɪl/ Forms: 1800s monkey's tail, 1800s– monkey tail. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., tail n.¹ Etymology: < monkey n. + tail n.¹ †1. Nautical. A short handspike or lever, used esp. to train a gun. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] > other levers or crowbars looder1545 gablock?1746 pig's foot1790 lewder tree1808 monkey tail1822 fold-pitcher1832 pointer1875 Lord Mayor1877 tire-iron1952 1822 ‘B. Truck’ Man-of-war's-man in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 27/1 We would need a spare monkey's tail for the after carronade. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vi. 64 Hand me that monkey's tail. 1841 Southern Literary Messenger 7 769/2 He would come on deck at nine o'clock every morning and inspect..the bright monkey-tails. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Monkey-tail, a lever for training a carronade. 2. Nautical. A rope or lanyard attached to the end of a lever. Now rare. ΚΠ 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 202 At the word ‘let go’, the anchor is freed by a smart pull on the monkey tails, which are lanyards, attached to the end of the lever. 1955 C. W. T. Layton Dict. Naut. Words & Terms Monkey tail, rope attached to the end of a lever so that extra hands can heave on it. 3. (A nickname for) a type of breech-loading gun first produced by Westley Richards in 1858 (see quot. 1972). ΚΠ 1936 H. B. C. Pollard Hist. Firearms vi. 168 Westley Richards, 1858, Birmingham... Known as ‘Monkey tail’. 1972 R. Akehurst World of Guns 28/2 Richards also produced a capping breech-loading carbine in 1858, often called the ‘monkey tail’ because of the top lever which lifted up and forwards to open the breech. 1986 Target Gun Aug. 22/2 The pieces..included..a fine .450 Westley Richards patent presentation breech loading ‘Monkey Tail’ percussion rifle. 1986 Target Gun Aug. 23/2 Also on sale was..a rare Westley monkey tail pistol. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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