whitetailn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtteɪl/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌteɪl/

Forms: 1600s whitetaile, 1600s whittaile, 1600s– whitetail, 1800s whitetale.

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

Etymology: < white adj. + tail n.¹ With sense 1 compare French cul blanc (1555 in Middle French).It is uncertain whether forms with a short vowel imply earlier currency of the word: see discussion at white adj. and n.

1. The wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe, which has white upper tail coverts. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > oenanthe oenanthe (wheatear)

arlingc1000

clot-bird1544

smatch1544

steinchek1544

wheatear1591

whitetail1611

fallow-smiter1666

stone-check1668

stone-smatch1668

chucka1682

horse-match1736

stone-chatter1783

white-rump1795

snorter1802

clodhopper1834

stone-chacker1853

horse-masher1885

stone-clink1885

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cul blanc, the bird called a Whittaile.

1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 178 Oenanthe, the Wheat ear, or White tail…in agro Warwicensi Fallow Smiters.

a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 76 Oenanthe... Alibi ab Uropygii colore White Tail dicitur ut Italis Culo bianco.

1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 170 Wheatear. Fallow-chat. White-tail. Stone-chacker.

1929 A. J. Rees Old Sussex & Diarists 71 Mr. Moore goes to Lewes and brings back ‘2 dozen of wheatear’ for his table—a small bird of the stonechat or whitetail species.

2. Chiefly North American. More fully whitetail deer. The white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Odocoileus > Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)

fallow deer1584

red deer1584

whitetail1805

white-tailed deer1829

flagtail1895

Key deer1922

1805 W. Clark Jrnl. 5 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 259 I Saw great numbers of Elk & white tale deer, Some beaver, antelope mule deer [etc.].

1872 R. G. McClellan Golden State 241 There are several varieties [sc. of deer]: the mule-deer, black-tail, antelope, and white-tail.

1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies vii. 59 The hoofs of the wapiti and whitetail deer are too small to propel these animals through the water with any great speed.

1968 R. Kroetsch Alberta i. 12 White-tails and mule deer and mallards and grouse tumble before the unerring aim.

2010 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) (Nexis) 24 Aug. c4 I'll hunt six states for whitetails this fall.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whitetail
释义	whitetailn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtteɪl/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌteɪl/ Forms: 1600s whitetaile, 1600s whittaile, 1600s– whitetail, 1800s whitetale. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., tail n.¹ Etymology: < white adj. + tail n.¹ With sense 1 compare French cul blanc (1555 in Middle French).It is uncertain whether forms with a short vowel imply earlier currency of the word: see discussion at white adj. and n. 1. The wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe, which has white upper tail coverts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > oenanthe oenanthe (wheatear) arlingc1000 clot-bird1544 smatch1544 steinchek1544 wheatear1591 whitetail1611 fallow-smiter1666 stone-check1668 stone-smatch1668 chucka1682 horse-match1736 stone-chatter1783 white-rump1795 snorter1802 clodhopper1834 stone-chacker1853 horse-masher1885 stone-clink1885 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cul blanc, the bird called a Whittaile. 1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 178 Oenanthe, the Wheat ear, or White tail…in agro Warwicensi Fallow Smiters. a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 76 Oenanthe... Alibi ab Uropygii colore White Tail dicitur ut Italis Culo bianco. 1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 170 Wheatear. Fallow-chat. White-tail. Stone-chacker. 1929 A. J. Rees Old Sussex & Diarists 71 Mr. Moore goes to Lewes and brings back ‘2 dozen of wheatear’ for his table—a small bird of the stonechat or whitetail species. 2. Chiefly North American. More fully whitetail deer. The white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Odocoileus > Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) fallow deer1584 red deer1584 whitetail1805 white-tailed deer1829 flagtail1895 Key deer1922 1805 W. Clark Jrnl. 5 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 259 I Saw great numbers of Elk & white tale deer, Some beaver, antelope mule deer [etc.]. 1872 R. G. McClellan Golden State 241 There are several varieties [sc. of deer]: the mule-deer, black-tail, antelope, and white-tail. 1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies vii. 59 The hoofs of the wapiti and whitetail deer are too small to propel these animals through the water with any great speed. 1968 R. Kroetsch Alberta i. 12 White-tails and mule deer and mallards and grouse tumble before the unerring aim. 2010 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) (Nexis) 24 Aug. c4 I'll hunt six states for whitetails this fall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1611
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