horstaile
Middle English
Alternative forms
- horse tail, hors taille, horsetaile, hors tayle, horse-taile
Etymology
From hors (“horse”) + tayl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔrsˌtɛi̯l/
Noun
horstaile
- The tail of a horse.
- (rare) The penis of a horse.
Descendants
- English: horsetail
References
- “hors-tail, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.