bangtail
bangtail · bangtails · bangtailed · bangtailing
To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tailTo shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.
Meaning
1 sensesTo shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.
Origin
From bang + tail. The primary meaning refers to the sense bang (“fringe of hair cut acrossFrom bang + tail. The primary meaning refers to the sense bang (“fringe of hair cut across the forehead”).
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Forms
bangtails, bangtailing, bangtailed, bangtailed| Base form | bangtail · to bangtail |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bangtails |
| Present participle | bangtailing |
| Past simple | bangtailed |
| Past participle | bangtailed |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedbangtail muster
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.