(slang) A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.

plural of rat-tail

plural of split-tail

A California fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) of the carp family. / The pintail duck. / (US, military, slang, possibly offensive) A woman.

plural of cross-tail

A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

plural of tail-end Alternative form of tail ends

A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. / Any aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris, having narrow leaves in whorls.

The top and bottom of something.