tayl
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English tæġl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą, *taglaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
tayl (plural tayles)
- A tail (caudal appendage at the back of an animal).
- The back side or reverse of a creature:
- A line or array; an extension:
- A line or array of stars in the night sky.
- A shoot or branch of a plant.
- The portion of a piece of clothing which drags on the floor.
- The rearguard of an army; the hind portion of a military force.
- The followers accompanying an army.
- The end or point of something; the thinnest part of something.
- (euphemistic) One's genitalia or nether regions.
- (rare) The result or fruit of something; the effects of something.
- (rare) A drainage canal for a water-powered mill.
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Descendants
References
- “tail (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
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