monkey tail
/ˈmʌŋkɪ teɪl/noun
1 Nautical. A rope or lanyard attached to the end of a lever. Now rare.
2(A nickname for) a type of breech-loading gun first produced by Westley Richards in 1858.
Origin
Early 19th century (in an earlier sense). From monkey + tail.
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