# tail
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: tāl, IPA: /teɪl/
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* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Homophones: tale, tael
* Rhymes: -eɪl

### Etymology 1

From Middle English tail, tayl, teil, from Old English tæġl (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą (“hair, fiber; hair of a tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, fray, shred”). Cognate with Scots tail (“tail”), Saterland Frisian Tail (“tail, end”), West Frisian teil (“tail”), Dutch teil (“tail, haulm, blade”), Low German Tagel (“twisted scourge, whip of thongs and ropes; end of a rope”), German Zagel (“tail”), dialectal Danish tavl (“hair of the tail”), Swedish tagel (“hair of the tail, horsehair”), Norwegian tagl (“tail”), Icelandic tagl (“tail, horsetail, ponytail”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl, “hair”). In some senses, apparently by a generalization of the usual opposition between head and tail.

#### Noun

tail (plural tails)
* (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
    Most primates have a tail and fangs.
* An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
** 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus: or the Anatomy of Consumptions‎, page 112:Duretus writes a great praise of the Distill'd waters of those tails that hang on Willow Trees.
* The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
* The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
* The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:13:And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the taile, […]
** 1862, Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, volume 16, page 83:It was soon over, and the unmoved magistrate calmly ordained that Deborah Williams, Elizabeth and Faith Wilson, should be tied to a cart's tail, and thus led through the principal streets of the town, receiving during their progress twenty lashes each, well laid on, upon the naked back.
* The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
* (astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
* The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
* (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
* One who surreptitiously follows another.
* (cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
* (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
    Synonym: descender
* (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
* (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
    A sequence $(a_{n})$ is said to be frequently $0$ if every tail of the sequence contains $0$.
* (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
** 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:By Goddis sydes, syns I her thyder broughte, / She hath gote me more money with her tayle / Than hath some shyppe that into Bordews sayle.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 49, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:They were wont to wipe their tailes [translating cul] (this vaine superstition of words must be left unto women) with a sponge, and that's the reason why Spongia in Latine is counted an obscene word […].
* (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
* (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation
    I'm gonna get me some tail tonight.
** 1951, J. D. Salinger, chapter 13, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:“Innarested in a little tail t’night?” “Me?” I said. Which was a very dumb answer, but it’s quite embarrassing when somebody comes right up and asks you a question like that.
** 1971, “Abigail”, in Live at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, performed by The Corries:On the bosom of young Abigail Was written the price of her tail And on her behind For the use of the blind Was the same information in Braille
* (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
* A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
** 1814, Walter Scott, Waverley: Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since‎, page 238:Ah! if you Saxon Duinhé-wassal (English gentleman) saw but the chief with his tail on. […] that is, with all his usual followers
* (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
* (entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
* A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
* (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
* One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
* (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
* (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
* (mining) A tailing.
* (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
* (colloquial, dated) A tailcoat.
* (electrical engineering) Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”)

##### Hyponyms

* coattail
* cocktail
* magnetotail
* pigtail
* rattail
* shirttail

##### Derived terms

* antitail
* astrotail
* at the tail
* bangtail
* bang-tail
* bang tail
* barbtail
* beavertail
* beaver tail
* betail
* bigtail
* blue rat's tail
* bluetail
* boattail
* bobtail
* bonytail
* box tail
* brantail
* bristle-tail
* bristletail
* broadtail
* broken tail
* broomtail
* brown-tail moth
* bucktail
* burro's tail
* Cameroon scaly-tail
* cat-o'-nine-tails
* catstail
* cattail
* cat-tail sedge
* chase one's own tail
* chase tail
* cold tail
* comet tail
* cottontail
* cowtail
* cross-tail
* culvertail
* dead tail
* de-tail
* dogstail
* dog's-tail grass
* dovetail
* drabble-tail
* draggle-tail
* dragon's tail
* ducktail
* emutail
* e-tail
* fantail
* fat-tail
* fat tail
* feathertail
* fee tail
* filetail
* firetail
* fish-tail
* fish tail
* fishtail
* flagtail
* flangetail
* flickertail
* flufftail
* forcepstail
* forktail
* foxtail
* freetail
* frozen tail
* fuzztail
* goldentail
* goldtail
* grow a tail
* hairtail
* hangtail
* hardtail
* hare's-tail
* haul tail
* have a tiger by the tail
* have one's tail up
* have the tiger by the tail
* have the world by the tail on a downhill pull
* heads or tails
* head to tail
* heavy tail
* heliotail
* high-tail
* hightail
* high-tail it
* hooktail
* horntail
* horsetail
* horse tail
* in two shakes of a cow's tail
* in two shakes of a dog's tail
* in two shakes of a duck's tail
* in two shakes of a lamb's tail
* jollytail
* kick some tail
* kick tail
* kicktail
* lashtail
* lay salt on someone's tail
* lemur-tail seahorse
* like a dog with two tails
* limber tail
* limber tail syndrome
* lion's tail
* lizard's tail
* lizard tail
* lobster-tail pot
* longtail
* long-tail boat
* long-tail Covid
* looptail
* lyretail
* mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails
* mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails
* make head nor tail of
* make head or tail of
* make neither head nor tail of
* mare's tail
* mare's-tail
* mares' tails
* metaltail
* mill tail
* monkey tail
* monkey tail tree
* mousetail
* nail-tail wallaby
* needletail
* nose to tail
* on one's tail
* oxtail
* peacock's tail
* pentail
* petaltail
* petticoat tail
* piece of tail
* pigtail
* pincertail
* pintail
* pin the tail on the donkey
* ploughtail
* plowtail
* plume tail
* ponytail
* pony tail
* pseudotail
* pull the devil by the tail
* put salt on someone's tail
* quaketail
* quilltail
* raccoon tail
* racket-tail
* racquet-tail
* rat-tail
* rat-tail file
* rat-tail radish
* rat-tail splice
* redtail
* red tail disease
* ribbontail
* ringtail
* ring-tailed
* roostertail
* rooster-tail
* roughtail
* rubytail
* scaletail
* scissorstail
* scissortail
* sharptail
* shavetail
* sheartail
* sheath-tail bat
* shieldtail
* shirt-tail
* shorttail
* silktail
* silvertail
* singletail
* skunk tail
* snake tail
* Softail
* softtail
* spadetail
* spatuletail
* spiketail
* spindletail
* spinetail
* split-tail
* spread tail
* sprigtail
* springtail
* squaretail
* squirreltail
* stifftail
* sting in the tail
* streamertail
* stripetail
* stubtail
* swallow-tail
* swallowtail
* swimmer's tail
* swingletail
* swingtail
* swordtail
* tagtail
* tailable
* tailache
* tail away
* tailback
* tailband
* tail-bay
* tail-beam
* tailbeat
* tail between one's legs
* tailblock
* tail block
* tailboard
* tailbone
* tail bone
* tail boom
* tailbud
* tail-buzzer
* tail call
* tailcoat
* tail cone
* tailcord
* tailcuff
* tailcup
* tail down
* taildragger
* tail dragger
* tailend
* tail-end
* tail end
* tail-ender
* tailer
* taileron
* tail event
* tailfan
* tailfeather
* tailfin
* tail flap
* tailflip
* tailflipping
* tailgate
* Tailgate
* tail grape
* tailgroup
* tail gunner
* tailgut
* tail-gut
* tail gut
* tailhead
* tailhole
* tailhook
* tail in
* tailism
* taillamp, tail lamp
* tailless
* tail lift
* taillight
* taillike
* tail merging
* tailmost
* tail-napkin
* tail number
* tailnumber
* tail-off
* tail off
* tail packing
* tail pad
* tailpiece
* tailpin
* tailpipe
* tailplane
* tail plug
* tail-pod radish
* tail pole
* tail-pole
* tail question
* tailrace
* tail recursion
* tail recursive
* tail rhyme
* tailride
* tail risk
* tail rotor
* tail-shedding
* tailshield
* tailsitter
* tailskid
* tail-skid
* tail slate
* tailslide
* tail slide
* tailspin
* tailspot
* tail stall
* tailstand
* tailstock
* tailstrike
* tailswing
* tail swing
* tail valve
* tail vein
* tail-wagger
* tailward
* tailwards
* tailwater
* tailwheel
* tailwhip
* tail wind
* tailwind
* tailwise
* tapertail
* tapetail
* teeter-tail
* teeth-to-tail ratio
* the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it
* thistletail
* thorntail
* threadtail
* tickle the dragon's tail
* tigertail
* tiger tail
* tiger tail seahorse
* top and tail
* top to tail
* triple-tail
* tripletail
* trundletail
* trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
* T-tail
* turkey tail
* turntail
* twintail
* undertail
* veiltail
* wagtail
* wax someone's tail
* wedgetail
* whale's tail
* whale tail
* whiptail
* whitetail
* white-tailed hawk
* wholetail
* wiretail
* with one's tail up
* work one's tail off
* work someone's tail off
* wrentail
* wrytail
* yellowtail

##### Related terms

* cat-o'-nine-tails
* chase one's tail
* have the world by the tail
* Otter Tail County
* tail covert
* tail feather
* tail fin
* tail light
* tail wagging the dog
* turn tail

##### Descendants

* Sranan Tongo: tere

##### Translations

Abaga: asog̶ontaʔe
Abkhaz: аҵыхәа (acʼəxʷa)
Acehnese: iku
Afar: gáydi
Afrikaans: stert (af)
Ahom: 𑜍𑜂𑜫 (raṅ)
Akan: dua
Aklanon: ikog
Albanian: bisht (sq) m
Alviri-Vidari: دمب (domb) (Vidari)
Amharic: ጅራት (ǧərat)
Apinayé: jamy
Arabic: ذَنَب m (ḏanab), ذَيْل m (ḏayl)
Egyptian Arabic: ديل m (dél)
Hijazi Arabic: ذيل m (dēl)
Moroccan Arabic: ديل m (dīl), زنطيط m (zanṭīṭ), قزيبة f (qazzība), شوال m (šwāl)
Aragonese: coda f
Armenian: պոչ (hy) (počʻ)
Aromanian: coadã f
Assamese: নেজ (nez), নেগুৰ (negur)
Asturian: rabu (ast) m
Avar: рачӏчӏ (raččʼ), рачӏ (račʼ)
Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬨𐬀 (duma)
Azerbaijani: quyruq (az)
Balinese: buntut, hikuh
Baluchi: دمب (dumb)
Banjarese: buntut (bjn), ikung (bjn)
Bashkir: ҡойроҡ (qoyroq)
Basque: buztan
Bau Bidayuh: kuon
Belarusian: хвост m (xvost)
Bengali: লেজ (bn) (lej)
Big Nambas: vli
Bikol Central: ikog (bcl)
Brunei Malay: ikung
Bulgarian: опа́шка f (opáška)
Burmese: အမြီး (my) (a.mri:)
Buryat: һүүл (hüül)
Canela: japy
Carpathian Rusyn: хвост m (xvost)
Catalan: cua (ca) f
Cebuano: ikog
Central Melanau: ikiu
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chechen: цӏога (cʼoga)
Chepang: मेः
Chichewa: mchira
Chinese:
Cantonese: 尾 (mei$^5$)
Dungan: йиба (yiba)
Eastern Min: 尾 (muōi)
Gan: 尾巴 (ui$^3$ ba / mi$^3$ bang)
Hakka: 尾 (mî), 尾巴 (mi$^1$ ba$^1$)
Hokkien: 尾 (zh-min-nan) (bóe, bé), 尾仔 (zh-min-nan) (bóe-á, bé-á)
Jin: 尾巴 (i$^2$ ba$^1$)
Mandarin: 尾巴 (zh) (wěibā)
Northern Min: 尾 (mṳě)
Wu: 尾巴 ($^3$nyi-po; $^3$mi-po)
Xiang: 尾巴 (uei$^3$ ba$^1$)
Chuvash: хӳре (hüre)
Czech: ocas (cs) m, chvost (cs) m (dated), ohon (cs) m
Dalmatian: cauda f
Danish: hale (da) c
Dolgan: кутурук
Dutch: staart (nl) m
Eastern Cham: ꨁꨆꨭꨩ (iku')
Egyptian: (sd)
Enga: etenge
Erzya: пуло (pulo)
Esperanto: vosto (eo)
Estonian: saba (et)
Evenki: ирги (irgi)
Finnish: häntä (fi) (of cats, dogs etc.), pyrstö (fi) (of birds and fish), (of a pig) saparo (fi)
French: queue (fr) f
Friulian: code f
Galician: rabo (gl), cauda (gl) f,tomadía f, cola (gl) f
Ge'ez: ዘነብ (zänäb)
Georgian: კუდი (ka) (ḳudi)
German: Schwanz (de) m, Schweif (de) m, Sterz (de) m, Stert (de) m, Zagel (de) m, Bürzel (de) m, Rute (de) f, Schwänzchen (de) n (diminutive), Schwänzlein n (diminutive)
Greek: ουρά (el) f (ourá)
Ancient: οὐρά f (ourá), κέρκος f (kérkos)
Guaraní: tuguái
Gujarati: પૂછડી f (pūchḍī)
Gurindji: jawurd
Haitian Creole: ke, tche
Hausa: wutsiya
Hebrew: זָנָב (he) m (zanáv)
Higaonon: ikog
Hindi: पूंछ f (pūñch), पूँछ (hi) f (pū̃ch), दुम (hi) f (dum)
Hungarian: farok (hu)
Icelandic: hali (is) m (of cattle, in addition to reptiles, amphibians, and basically all animals that do not fall into the other categories; also used for inanimate objects and figuratively), skott (is) n or rófa (is) f (of a cat, dog, monkey, etc.), tagl (is) (of a horse), dindill (is) m (the small fluffy tail of sheep, rabbits, etc.), stél (is) n (of birds), sporður (is) m (of fish)
Ido: kaudo (io)
Indonesian: ekor (id), buntut (id)
Ingush: цӏог (cʼog)
Iranun: ikug
Irish: eireaball (ga) m
Italian: coda (it) f
Iu Mien: dueiv
Japanese: 尻尾 (ja) (しっぽ, shippo), しっぽ (ja) (shippo), 尾 (ja) (お, o), 尾っぽ (oppo)
Javanese: buntut (jv)
Jeju: 꼴렝이 (kkolleng'i)
Kaingang: my
Kalmyk: сүүл (süül)
Kapampangan: iki
Kashubian: ògón m
Kayapó: jamy, tey (of a bird)
Kazakh: құйрық (kk) (qūiryq)
Kelabit: iur
Khakas: хузурух (xuzurux)
Khmer: កន្ទុយ (km) (kɑntuy)
Kikuyu: mũcuthĩ class 3
Kimaragang: noinan
Kimbundu: mukila
Komi-Permyak: бӧж (böž)
Korean: 꼬리 (ko) (kkori)
Krahô: japy
Kriol: teil
Kuna: bunnu
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کلک (kilk)
Northern Kurdish: terî (ku), dûv (ku), poç (ku), kilik (ku), boçik (ku)
Kyrgyz: куйрук (ky) (kuyruk), дүм (ky) (düm) (South)
Laboya: kiku
Lao: ຫາງ (lo) (hāng)
Latgalian: aste f
Latin: cauda
Latvian: aste (lv) f
Lithuanian: uodegà (lt) f
Livonian: tabār, tabārd (of fish)
Lombard: coa (lmo) f, cua f
Low German: Steert (nds) m
Lü: ᦠᦱᧂ (ḣaang)
Macedonian: о́пашка f (ópaška)
Malagasy: rambo (mg)
Malay: ekor (ms), buntut (ms)
Malayalam: വാല് (vāl)
Maltese: denb m
Manchu: ᡠᠨᠴᡝᡥᡝᠨ (uncehen)
Manx: arbyl m, famman m
Maori: hiore (of animals only), whiore (of animals only), waero (of animals only), hiku (of fish and reptiles), kapu (of crayfish and prawns)
Maranao: ikog, laoi
Mari:
Eastern Mari: поч (poč)
Middle English: tayl
Minangkabau: ikua (min)
Moksha: пула (pula)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сүүл (mn) (süül)
Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠭᠦᠯ (segül)
Muong: tuôi
Nanai: хуйгу (hujgu)
Navajo: atseeʼ
Nepali: पुच्छर (pucchar)
Nganasan: тәйбу (təjbu)
Ngazidja Comorian: utsungo class 11/10a
Norman: coue f
Northern Ohlone: tú̄pui
Northern Thai: ᩉᩣ᩠ᨦ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hale (no) m, (of a bird) stjert m
Nynorsk: hale m, (of a bird) stjert m
Nuosu: ꁍꎼ (pup shu), ꂪ (hmy)
Occitan: coa (oc) f
Odia: ପୁଛ (or) (pucha)
Ojibwe: (its tail) ozow
Old Armenian: ագի (agi), պոչ (počʻ), ձետ (jet)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: хвостъ m (xvostŭ), ошибь f (ošibĭ), опашь f (opašĭ)
Old Czech: chvost m
Old East Slavic: хвостъ m (xvostŭ)
Old English: tæġl m, steort m
Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸 (qudruq)
Oromo: eegee
Oroqen: irgi
Ossetian: дымӕг (dymæg), къӕдзил (k’æʒil), къуди (k’udi)
Ottoman Turkish: قویروق (kuyruk), ذنب (zeneb)
Paiwan: iku
Panará: sãnpy
Pangasinan: ikol
Pannonian Rusyn: хвост m (xvost)
Papiamentu: rabo, rabu
Pará Gavião: japy
Pela: ʃă.mi⁵¹
Persian:
Dari: دُم (dum), دُنْب (dunb)
Iranian Persian: دُم (dom), دُنْب (donb)
Plautdietsch: Zoagel m
Polish: ogon (pl) m, chwost (pl) m (dated)
Portuguese: rabo (pt) m, cauda (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਪੂਸ਼ (pūś), ਦੁਮ (dum), ਦੁੰਬ (dumb)
Pykobjê: japyyh
Quechua: cupa
Rohingya: les
Romagnol: códa f
Romanian: coadă (ro)
Romansch: cua
Russian: хвост (ru) m (xvost)
Sambali: ikoy
Samoan: i‘u
Sanskrit: शेप (sa) (śépa)
Scottish Gaelic: earball m, eàrr m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ре̑п m
Roman: rȇp (sh) m
Shan: ႁၢင် (shn) (hǎang)
Shor: қузуруқ (quzuruq)
Sicilian: cuda (scn)
Sidamo: farro
Silesian: szwanc m
Sinhalese: අවර (si) (awara)
Slovak: chvost m
Slovene: rep (sl) m
Somali: dabo (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wogon m
Upper Sorbian: wopuš f
Southern Kam: sedl
Spanish: cola (es) f, rabo (es) m, hopo (es) m (hairy)
Sranan Tongo: tere
Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪ (buntut)
Suyá: mby
Swahili: mkia (sw) class 3/4
Swedish: svans (sv) c, (of bird or fish) stjärt (sv) c
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tabasaran: рижв (riž°)
Tagal Murut: iku'
Tagalog: buntot (tl) n
Tajik: дум (tg) (dum)
Talysh: dum
Tamil: வால் (ta) (vāl)
Taos: xwę́na
Tapayuna: wy
Tat: düm
Tatar: койрык (tt) (qoyrıq)
Tausug: ikug
Telugu: తోక (te) (tōka)
Tetum: ikun
Thai: หาง (th) (hǎang)
Tibetan: གཞུག་གུ (gzhug gu), མཇུག་མ (mjug ma)
Tigrinya: ጭራ (č̣əra)
Tiwi: tuwara, putupwarra (of reptile, dugong or fish), kimarra (of crocodile or fish)
Tocharian B: pako
Tongan: iku
Turkish: kuyruk (tr)
Turkmen: guýruk
Tuvan: кудурук (kuduruk)
Udihe: иги
Udmurt: быж (byž)
Ugaritic: 𐎏𐎐𐎁 (ḏnb)
Ukrainian: хвіст (uk) m (xvist)
Ulch: худю
Urdu: دُم f (dum), پُون٘چھ f (pū̃ch)
Uyghur: قۇيرۇق (quyruq)
Uzbek: dum (uz), ket (uz), quyruq (uz)
Venetan: coa (vec) f
Vietnamese: đuôi (vi)
Volapük: göb (vo), göbil (diminutive)
Waigali: ṭuṅtä
Walloon: cawe (wa) f
Waray-Waray: ikog
Wardaman: mordorl
Warlpiri: ngirnti, wipi
Welsh: cynffon (cy) f
West Coast Bajau: engko
West Flemish: steirt m
West Frisian: sturt
White Hmong: tw
Xavante: bö
Xerénte: bâ
Xokleng: my
Yagnobi: дум (dum)
Yakan: engko
Yakut: кутурук (kuturuk)
Yiddish: וויידל m (veydl), שוואַנץ m (shvants)
Yoruba: ìrù
Yurok: werhlery
Zazaki: boçık
Zealandic: staert m
Zhuang: rieng
Zulu: umsila class 3/4 :
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##### See also

* caudal

#### Verb

tail (third-person singular simple present tails, present participle tailing, simple past and past participle tailed)
* (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
    Tail that car!
* (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
* (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
    This vessel tails downstream.
* To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
** 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncancelled.
* To pull or draw by the tail.
** 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:The conqu'ring foe they soon afailid, First Trulla stav'd, and Cerdon tail'd

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman, probably from a shortened form of entail.

#### Adjective

tail
* (law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
    estate tail

#### Noun

tail
* (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
    tail male ― limitation to male heirs
    in tail ― subject to such a limitation

#### Related terms

* entail

### References

* ↑ 1852, John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopædia of Music

### Anagrams

* ATLI, Ital, Ital., LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Ta-li, Tila, alit, alti, ital, ital., lait, tali

## Middle English
### Noun

tail
* Alternative form of tayl

## Sundanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.il/

### Noun

tail
* tael (A unit of weight corresponding to about 40 grams)

### References

* Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
* Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tai̯l/
* Rhymes: -ai̯l

### Noun

tail m (plural teiliau)
* shit, dung

#### Derived terms

* maer biswail