horsetailn.

Forms:

α. see horse n. and tail n.¹

β. 1800s– horse's tail.

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

Etymology: In α. forms < horse n. + tail n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of horse n. + tail n.¹Compare Middle High German roszagel (German (now archaic) Rosszagel), Old Icelandic hrosstagl.

a. A horse's tail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail

horsetailc1515

mell1717

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 251 I say and iuge that Gerarde be drawen at horse taylles, and then hangyd.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10311 He..Festnyt hym..by his fete euyn, Hard by the here of his horse tayle.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 84 Let them..not presume to touch a haire of my Masters horse-taile, till they kisse their hands.

1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 4 Then, by the rule that made the Horse-tail bare, I pluck out year by year, as hair by hair.

1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 162 The Turk..made his standard of a horse-tail.

b. Used in Turkey as an ornament, as a military standard, the symbol of war, and as an ensign denoting the rank of a pasha: see tail n.¹; hence, †the office of a pasha (obsolete). Anciently used also by the Bulgarians.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > horse's tail denoting rank of Pasha

horsetail1613

tail1717

society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > flag, banner, or standard > Turkish banner

horsetail1613

society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > of specific form

dragon1297

horsetail1613

toug1687

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > Ottoman or Turkish > position of

beglerbegship1603

bashawship1687

horsetail1771

hospodariat1833

beyship1867

valiship1907

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 695 Horse-tailes are great jewels, and two slaves will be given for one taile.

1683 London Gaz. No. 1860/6 The King of Poland has taken two Horse Tails (which are the Turks Signals of War).

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 126 Next were brought the Bassa's two Horse Tails.

1711 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 709 The sultan has resolved..to renew the war against Muscovy, having for that end caused the horse tail (their signal of war) to be placed again before the seraglio.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 238 The dey will make you a horse-tail.

1840 Blackwood's Mag. 47 219 While all Christendom trembled at the sight of the horse-tails, Soliman died.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. x. 269 He [sent] a courier..with the assurance of victory, and the horsetails of the Pacha for a trophy.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. v. viii. 423 They [sc. the Bulgarians] were to go to battle no longer under their old national ensign, the horse-tail, but under the banner of the Cross.

c. Usually horse's tail n. A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is arranged to resemble the shape of the tail of a horse; a ‘pony-tail’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits

tracec1380

plight?1387

tressa1400

plexc1450

braid1530

tuck1532

buoy-rope1546

trammels1589

entrammelling1598

border1601

point1604

pleat?1606

trammelets1654

maze1657

brede1696

queue1724

pigtail?1725

tie1725

cue1731

tuck-up1749

tutulus1753

club1786

tail1799

French twist1850

Grecian plait1851

French plait1871

horse's tail1873

Gretchen braid, plait1890

shimada1910

ponytail1916

French braid1937

cane row1939

dreadlocks1960

French pleat1964

Tom Jones1964

corn row1971

dread1984

club-pigtail-

1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds II. xxxiv. 100 How a man can like to kiss a face with a dirty horse's tail all whizzling about it, is what I can't at all understand.

1953 R. Fuller Second Curtain v. 79 Her hair done in a fringe and horse's tail.

1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. iii. 48 She had blondish hair tied into a horse's tail with a piece of black ribbon.

1960 ‘J. Bonett’ & ‘E. Bonett’ No Grave for Lady ii. 27 She wore jeans and a cotton sweater, her hair was in a horse-tail.

d. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > for sewing or embroidery

sewing silk1480

silks?a1513

buttonhole twist1840

sewings1844

embroidery silk1851

machine twist1863

tailor's twist1873

horsetail1880

rope1880

twist1890

rope embroidery silk1895

1880 L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery i. 8 ‘Japanese gold thread’..must..be laid on, and stitched down with a fine yellow silk, known as ‘Maltese’, or ‘Horse-tail’.

1960 B. L. Snook Eng. Hist. Embroidery 104 A woman's court dress (1780)... Variation is obtained by the use of floss silk and horsetail, a tightly twisted silk.

a. The common name of the genus Equisetum, consisting of cryptogamous plants with hollow jointed stems, and whorls of slender branches at the joints; the whole having some resemblance to a horse's tail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies

padpipe?a1300

paddock-pipec1300

holy-water strinklec1440

shavegrassc1450

shavewortc1450

horsetail1538

shaving-grass1538

cat's tail1552

toad-pipe1578

pewterwort1597

horse-willow1611

prêle1661

shave-weed1691

water horsetail1710

horse-pipe1785

rush1804

shave-rush1821

equisetum1830

pipeweed1837

scouring rush1845

mud horsetail1855

jointweed1879

bottlebrush1883

1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Hippvris Latinis dicitur equisetum, aut cauda equina..aliquibus dicitur Hors tayle nonnullis Hallywaterstryncle Dysshewasshynges.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45 For Pasture or Meddowe..the woorst as Plinie saith, is Russhes, Fearne, and Horsetayle.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 31 The Water spider, hath two hairy geniculated horns, knootted or joynted at several divisions like..Hors-tayl.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 489 Wood Horsetail has the leaves compound, or divided, and the spikes at the end of the same stems.

1873 H. E. H. King Disciples: Ugo Bassi (1877) iv. 146 Brushing past the rigid arms Of hideous giant horsetails.

b. † female horsetail n. Obsolete an old name for Hippuris or mare's tail n. a phanerogamous plant somewhat resembling Equisetum in habit. shrubby horsetail n. name for shrubs of the genus Ephedra (N.O. Gnetaceæ), having small scale-like leaves resembling the branches of Equisetum. tree horsetail n. = horsetail tree n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > mare's tail

padpipe?a1300

paddock-pipec1300

mare's tail?a1425

female horsetail1597

paddo-pipe1650

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > ephedra or shrubby horse-tail

sea-grape1597

shrubby horsetail1597

ephedra1914

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > casuarinas

club-wood1777

oak tree1789

toa1792

casuarina1806

tree horsetail1884

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 957 Cauda equina fæmina. The female Horse taile.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xi. 122 (note) In the books it [sc. Hippuris] is called Female Horse-tail or Mare's-tail.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Horse~tail, Great Shrubby, Ephedra distachya.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Casuarina equisetifolia...Swamp Oak of Australia, Tree-Horse-tail.

3. ‘A hippurite.’ ( Cent. Dict.)

Categories »

4. Anatomy. The leash of nerves in which the spinal cord ends: called in modern Latin cauda equina.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as horsetail-like adj., horsetail standard (see 1b); resembling a horse's tail, as horsetail cloud, horsetail-lock.

ΚΠ

1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood C Aske Humors, why a Feather he doth weare?.. Or what he doth with such a Horse-taile locke?

1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 3 His sweet worship with his horse-taile locke.

1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 286 The vault of heaven was strewn with what are called horse-tail clouds.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Oct. 3/2 [A yucca with] enormous horsetail-like panicles of white flowers.

C2.

horsetail lichen n. name for various species of Alectoria, esp. A. jubata, having a slender pendulous thallus.

horsetail tree n. a tree of the genus Casuarina, esp. the Australian C. equisetifolia, so called from the resemblance of the leafless jointed branches to those of Equisetum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	horsetail
释义	horsetailn. Forms: α. see horse n. and tail n.¹ β. 1800s– horse's tail. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., tail n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < horse n. + tail n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of horse n. + tail n.¹Compare Middle High German roszagel (German (now archaic) Rosszagel), Old Icelandic hrosstagl. 1. a. A horse's tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail horsetailc1515 mell1717 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 251 I say and iuge that Gerarde be drawen at horse taylles, and then hangyd. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10311 He..Festnyt hym..by his fete euyn, Hard by the here of his horse tayle. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 84 Let them..not presume to touch a haire of my Masters horse-taile, till they kisse their hands. View more context for this quotation 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 4 Then, by the rule that made the Horse-tail bare, I pluck out year by year, as hair by hair. 1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 162 The Turk..made his standard of a horse-tail. b. Used in Turkey as an ornament, as a military standard, the symbol of war, and as an ensign denoting the rank of a pasha: see tail n.¹; hence, †the office of a pasha (obsolete). Anciently used also by the Bulgarians. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > symbol of rank > [noun] > horse's tail denoting rank of Pasha horsetail1613 tail1717 society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > flag, banner, or standard > Turkish banner horsetail1613 society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > of specific form dragon1297 horsetail1613 toug1687 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > Ottoman or Turkish > position of beglerbegship1603 bashawship1687 horsetail1771 hospodariat1833 beyship1867 valiship1907 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 695 Horse-tailes are great jewels, and two slaves will be given for one taile. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1860/6 The King of Poland has taken two Horse Tails (which are the Turks Signals of War). a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 126 Next were brought the Bassa's two Horse Tails. 1711 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 709 The sultan has resolved..to renew the war against Muscovy, having for that end caused the horse tail (their signal of war) to be placed again before the seraglio. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 238 The dey will make you a horse-tail. 1840 Blackwood's Mag. 47 219 While all Christendom trembled at the sight of the horse-tails, Soliman died. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred III. vi. x. 269 He [sent] a courier..with the assurance of victory, and the horsetails of the Pacha for a trophy. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. v. viii. 423 They [sc. the Bulgarians] were to go to battle no longer under their old national ensign, the horse-tail, but under the banner of the Cross. c. Usually horse's tail n. A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is arranged to resemble the shape of the tail of a horse; a ‘pony-tail’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits tracec1380 plight?1387 tressa1400 plexc1450 braid1530 tuck1532 buoy-rope1546 trammels1589 entrammelling1598 border1601 point1604 pleat?1606 trammelets1654 maze1657 brede1696 queue1724 pigtail?1725 tie1725 cue1731 tuck-up1749 tutulus1753 club1786 tail1799 French twist1850 Grecian plait1851 French plait1871 horse's tail1873 Gretchen braid, plait1890 shimada1910 ponytail1916 French braid1937 cane row1939 dreadlocks1960 French pleat1964 Tom Jones1964 corn row1971 dread1984 club-pigtail- 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds II. xxxiv. 100 How a man can like to kiss a face with a dirty horse's tail all whizzling about it, is what I can't at all understand. 1953 R. Fuller Second Curtain v. 79 Her hair done in a fringe and horse's tail. 1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. iii. 48 She had blondish hair tied into a horse's tail with a piece of black ribbon. 1960 ‘J. Bonett’ & ‘E. Bonett’ No Grave for Lady ii. 27 She wore jeans and a cotton sweater, her hair was in a horse-tail. d. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > for sewing or embroidery sewing silk1480 silks?a1513 buttonhole twist1840 sewings1844 embroidery silk1851 machine twist1863 tailor's twist1873 horsetail1880 rope1880 twist1890 rope embroidery silk1895 1880 L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery i. 8 ‘Japanese gold thread’..must..be laid on, and stitched down with a fine yellow silk, known as ‘Maltese’, or ‘Horse-tail’. 1960 B. L. Snook Eng. Hist. Embroidery 104 A woman's court dress (1780)... Variation is obtained by the use of floss silk and horsetail, a tightly twisted silk. 2. a. The common name of the genus Equisetum, consisting of cryptogamous plants with hollow jointed stems, and whorls of slender branches at the joints; the whole having some resemblance to a horse's tail. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies padpipe?a1300 paddock-pipec1300 holy-water strinklec1440 shavegrassc1450 shavewortc1450 horsetail1538 shaving-grass1538 cat's tail1552 toad-pipe1578 pewterwort1597 horse-willow1611 prêle1661 shave-weed1691 water horsetail1710 horse-pipe1785 rush1804 shave-rush1821 equisetum1830 pipeweed1837 scouring rush1845 mud horsetail1855 jointweed1879 bottlebrush1883 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Hippvris Latinis dicitur equisetum, aut cauda equina..aliquibus dicitur Hors tayle nonnullis Hallywaterstryncle Dysshewasshynges. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45 For Pasture or Meddowe..the woorst as Plinie saith, is Russhes, Fearne, and Horsetayle. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 31 The Water spider, hath two hairy geniculated horns, knootted or joynted at several divisions like..Hors-tayl. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 489 Wood Horsetail has the leaves compound, or divided, and the spikes at the end of the same stems. 1873 H. E. H. King Disciples: Ugo Bassi (1877) iv. 146 Brushing past the rigid arms Of hideous giant horsetails. b. † female horsetail n. Obsolete an old name for Hippuris or mare's tail n. a phanerogamous plant somewhat resembling Equisetum in habit. shrubby horsetail n. name for shrubs of the genus Ephedra (N.O. Gnetaceæ), having small scale-like leaves resembling the branches of Equisetum. tree horsetail n. = horsetail tree n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > mare's tail padpipe?a1300 paddock-pipec1300 mare's tail?a1425 female horsetail1597 paddo-pipe1650 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > ephedra or shrubby horse-tail sea-grape1597 shrubby horsetail1597 ephedra1914 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > casuarinas club-wood1777 oak tree1789 toa1792 casuarina1806 tree horsetail1884 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 957 Cauda equina fæmina. The female Horse taile. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xi. 122 (note) In the books it [sc. Hippuris] is called Female Horse-tail or Mare's-tail. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Horse~tail, Great Shrubby, Ephedra distachya. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Casuarina equisetifolia...Swamp Oak of Australia, Tree-Horse-tail. 3. ‘A hippurite.’ ( Cent. Dict.) Categories » 4. Anatomy. The leash of nerves in which the spinal cord ends: called in modern Latin cauda equina. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as horsetail-like adj., horsetail standard (see 1b); resembling a horse's tail, as horsetail cloud, horsetail-lock. ΚΠ 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood C Aske Humors, why a Feather he doth weare?.. Or what he doth with such a Horse-taile locke? 1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 3 His sweet worship with his horse-taile locke. 1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 286 The vault of heaven was strewn with what are called horse-tail clouds. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Oct. 3/2 [A yucca with] enormous horsetail-like panicles of white flowers. C2. horsetail lichen n. name for various species of Alectoria, esp. A. jubata, having a slender pendulous thallus. horsetail tree n. a tree of the genus Casuarina, esp. the Australian C. equisetifolia, so called from the resemblance of the leafless jointed branches to those of Equisetum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1515
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