Bobtail

['bɒbteɪl] or ['bɑbtel]

(noun.) a short or shortened tail of certain animals.

(adj.) having a short or shortened tail; 'bobtail mare' .

Typed by Anton--From WordNet

(n.) An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

(a.) Bobtailed.

Edited by Hardy

n. a short or cut tail: a word applied in contempt to the rabble as in 'tag-rag and bobtail.'—adj. Bob′tailed with tail cut short.

Editor: Terence

I am a bit of dirty riff-raff, and a genuine scrap of tag, rag, and bobtail. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

Typist: Rex