Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bobtail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bobtail \Bob"tail`\, n. [Bob + tail.]
An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
{Rag, tag, and bobtail}, the rabble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bobtail \Bob"tail`\, a.
Bobtailed. ``Bobtail cur.'' --Marryat.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bobtail
adj : having a short or shortened tail; "bobtail mare" [syn: {bobtailed}]
n 1: a short or shortened tail of certain animals [syn: {bob}, {dock}]
2: large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy blue-gray-and-white
coat and short tail; believed to trace back to Roman
occupation of Britain [syn: {Old English sheepdog}]
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