rat-tail


rat-tail

also rat·tail (răt′tāl′)n.1. See grenadier.2. A long, thin length of hair that hangs down the nape of the neck, usually when the rest of the hair is cut short.adj. also rat-tailed (-tāld′) or rat·tailed (-tāld′) Shaped like or having a part shaped like a rat's tail: a rat-tail file; a rattail comb.

rat-tail

n 1. (Animals) another name for grenadier2 2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a. a horse's tail that has no hairsb. a horse having such a tail 3. a style of spoon in which the line of the handle is prolonged in a tapering moulding along the back of the bowl 4. (Tools) a kind of woodworking or metalworking file