bangtail

Etymology
From. The primary meaning refers to the sense.

Noun

 * 1) The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
 * 2) * 1851, Turning Out a Bagman: A Legend of Brighton Downs, in Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith Bentley's Miscellany, Volume XXIX, |bangtails%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=2-7ATrWoKaHumAXO9siiBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 259,
 * Two lean, ewe-necked, clipt chestnuts, tucked up in the ribs, with hard work and bad feeding, but with such flowing bang-tails as at once stamped them in the eyes of our friends as “ out-and-out ” thorough-breds—were led up and down by John.The bang-tails, no doubt, supposing themselves out for their usual “airing,” put themselves in the regular side-long position, and struck at once into a sort of hectic canter ; a particular movement, peculiar to Brighton bang-tails, and adapted to the most innocent equestrian.
 * 1) * 1903, Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), Such Is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins, 2004, |bangtails%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=8v_ATo3TNsjxmAWGyN2KBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 68,
 * "And did you see a dark chestnut horse; bang tail; star and snip; white hind feet; saddle and bridle on?" I asked.
 * 1)  A racehorse.
 * 2)  A prostitute.
 * 3)  An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.
 * 1)  A prostitute.
 * 2)  An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.
 * 1)  A prostitute.
 * 2)  An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.
 * 1)  A prostitute.
 * 2)  An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.

Verb

 * 1) To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.