rat-tail (r t t l )n. See grenadier. adj. also rat·tailed (-t ld) or rat·tail (rttl) Shaped like or having a part shaped like a rat's tail: a rat-tail file; a rattail comb. |
rat-tail
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for grenadier (the fish)
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège)
a. a horse's tail that has no hairs
b. a horse having such a tail
3. a style of spoon in which the line of the handle is prolonged in a tapering moulding along the back of the bowl
4. (Engineering / Tools) a kind of woodworking or metalworking file
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