bucktail
bucktail · bucktails
The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lureThe tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
Meaning
2 sensesThe tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
The end of a rivet opposite the factory head, which in a solid rivet may be bucked by holding a heavy bucking bar or similar-purposed tool against it, while the factory head is hammered until the bucktail is upset into an appropriate shape, most commonly pancake-shaped; the mandrel of a blind rivet generally upsets the bucktail into a doughnut-shape when it is pulled.
Origin
From buck + tail.From buck + tail.
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