Cowtail

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The tail of a cow. countable, uncountable

    "These burrs stuck to the tails of the cows as they walked by, and were brought to the cowpen, the cowtails greatly enlarged by the huge amount of cockleburs stuck on them."

  2. 2
    A coarse wool of low quality, usually shorn from the hind legs of sheep. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A stingray of species Pastinachus sephen. countable, uncountable

Example

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"These burrs stuck to the tails of the cows as they walked by, and were brought to the cowpen, the cowtails greatly enlarged by the huge amount of cockleburs stuck on them."

Etymology

From Middle English *cou-tayl, from Old English cūtæġl (“cowtail”), equivalent to cow + tail.

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