[
UK
/bˈɒbteɪl/
]
NOUN
- large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
ADJECTIVE
-
having a short or shortened tail
bobtail mare
How To Use bobtail In A Sentence
- The most popular herding dog at the time was the Smithfield, a big, black, cobby, bobtailed dog with a long, rough coat.
- The soft, silky coat of the shorthair bobtail is medium in length without a noticeable undercoat.
- I came home with three cats, two bobtailed sisters and a black-and-white. The Dirty Life
- In contrast, the flexible protein structures in a bobtail squid's platelets can quickly change configuration.
- And take the Prime Minister and the rest of the rag, tag and bobtail with you.
- Michael, who had followed in at her invitation, betrayed a ridiculously swollen nose as he sniffed noses with Jerry, wagged his bobtail to Harley in greeting, and was greeted in turn with a blissful hand laid on his head. CHAPTER XXXVI
- Next Saturday and March 21 you can, along with Manx, American bobtail, ragdoll, ocicat and many other breeds of purebred cats. Post-gazette.com - News
- To the exact rhythm of our horses 'hoofs and the jounce of our bells, we lined it out: Bells on bobtail ring! Time and Again
- Now back to its white friend, trotting, bobtailed, across a recess between talon-like projections in the scarp. Times, Sunday Times
- Deuceace handed back the letter; sneared, and poohd, and hinted that such an invitation was an insult at best (what he called a pees ally); and, the ladies might depend upon it, was only sent because Lady Bobtail wanted to fill up two spare places at her table. The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
