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trundletail

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A dog with a rounded, curled-up tail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 15th century, Juliana Berners, Hawking, Hunting, Fouling and Fishing, London: Adam Islip, 1596, “The names of diuers Hounds,” [...] Trindle tailes, and pricke eared Curres, and small Ladie Puppies, that beare away the fleas and diuers small faults.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From trundle + tail.