bobtail

bobtail
/bob"tayl'/, n.
1. a short or docked tail.
2. an animal with such a tail.
adj.
3. Also, bobtailed. having a bobtail.
4. cut short; docked; cropped.
5. shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated: Several legislative items must be dropped from the current bobtail session of Congress.
v.t.
6. to cut short the tail of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect.
[1535-45; BOB2 + TAIL1]

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