Crossword clues for rattail
rattail
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish. 2 A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head.
WordNet
n. deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail [syn: grenadier, rattail fish]
Wikipedia
A rattail is a hair style that is characterized by a long "tail"-like element of hair growing downward from the back of the head. The rattail usually hangs naturally; however, it can be braided, treated as a dread, permed, straightened, or poofed, curled with an iron. In some instances, an individual might choose to grow several tails as opposed to a single very long tail.
The rattail saw a brief period of mainstream popularity during the 1980s and has rapidly fallen out of vogue. However, it has recently seen renewed popularity.
Usage examples of "rattail".
When rattail knotted with rattail to make the rope that plumbed the well.
The guy, I say, is probably at home every night with a little rattail file, filing a cross into the tip of every one of his rounds.
The only thing she recognized was the tangled rattail that still fell down his back.
He smoothed his hand down the rattail mustaches that dripped from the comers of his mouth.
Long rattail grayblue mustaches hanging from the corners of a broad, full-lipped mouth.
Even in the gloom they could see the pointed ears, pale hair, and rattail mustaches of a Chalarosh.
I say, is probably at home every night with a little rattail file, filing a cross into the tip of every one of his rounds.
Her hair, which had been of normal length and natural color in Oregon, had been cut short, dyed deep blue, and spiked in a thistle top with the exception of a rattail down the back.
If she was caught in pouring rain, her tail looked like a very long rattail, which offended her exalted vanity.
Its trove of fish included a number of rattails or grenadiers, with big, heavily armored heads and large eyes.
A streak of mud crossed his aristocratic nose and his black hair hung in rattails, dripping water onto his black cloak.
Perhaps his own- tangled into dripping rattails at the moment- looked the same.
He contemplated the harried figure ahead of him, dragging one whining child along the crowded street, chivying the others in front of her like a demented sheepdog, rattails of hair escaping from her bonnet.
Rattail tangles of wire and fibre-optic cable hung down from the fissured ceiling, swaying gently.
Using a tiny rattail file, he carefully began to shave off bits of blood metal, resting the forcible over a pan so that he could capture every precious flake of metal for reuse.