1718 Lady M. W. Montagu 19 May (1965) I. 413 'Tis common for the Heirs of a great three-tail'd Bassa not to be rich enough to keep in repair the House he built.
1827 J. Bentham I. 11 A three-tailed instead of a five-tailed bandage.
1848 W. M. Thackeray iii. 15 A three-tailed Pasha.