Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To furnish with a tail: as, “betailed and bepowdered,”
  • To take the tail off: a word jocularly formed on the analogy of behead.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To furnish with a tail.
  • verb transitive, humorous To take the tail off.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From be- +‎ tail.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word betail.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.