'Rat-tail' definitions:

Definition of 'Rat-tail'

From: GCIDE
  • Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\ (r[a^]t"t[=a]l`), a. Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rat-tail'

From: GCIDE
  • Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\, n.
  • 1. (Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) (a) The California chimaera. See Chimaera. (b) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2. [1913 Webster]