nick-tailedadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪkteɪld/, U.S.

/ˈnɪkˌteɪld/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nick n.¹, tailed adj.¹

Etymology: < nick n.¹ + tailed adj.¹ Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. also records a derived noun nicktail with the sense ‘a horse with its tail cut short’ in 20th-cent. use from southern states.

U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Now rare.

Of a horse: having a nicked tail.

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

docked1408

stug-tailed1575

curtal1576

curtailed1591

bushya1609

bobbed1658

undocked1677

flisk1680

rat-tailed1684

strunted1688

bob1709

cocktailed1763

switched1769

cocked1775

nick-tailed1840

1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 775/1 The Briggs's war alwise as cute as a needle, an' the Fox's as proud as a nick-tailed horse.

1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 97 The horse, a nick-tailed trotter, Tom had raffled off.

1867 G. W. Harris Sut Lovingood 19 A nick tailed, bow necked, long, poor, pale sorrel horse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nick-tailed
释义	nick-tailedadj. Brit. /ˈnɪkteɪld/, U.S. /ˈnɪkˌteɪld/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nick n.¹, tailed adj.¹ Etymology: < nick n.¹ + tailed adj.¹ Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. also records a derived noun nicktail with the sense ‘a horse with its tail cut short’ in 20th-cent. use from southern states. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Now rare. Of a horse: having a nicked tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail docked1408 stug-tailed1575 curtal1576 curtailed1591 bushya1609 bobbed1658 undocked1677 flisk1680 rat-tailed1684 strunted1688 bob1709 cocktailed1763 switched1769 cocked1775 nick-tailed1840 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 775/1 The Briggs's war alwise as cute as a needle, an' the Fox's as proud as a nick-tailed horse. 1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 97 The horse, a nick-tailed trotter, Tom had raffled off. 1867 G. W. Harris Sut Lovingood 19 A nick tailed, bow necked, long, poor, pale sorrel horse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1840
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