noun
adjective
- Also bob·tailed. having a bobtail.
- cut short; docked; cropped.
- shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated: Several legislative items must be dropped from the current bobtail session of Congress.
verb (used with object)
- to cut short the tail of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse’s tail to make it stand erect.
noun
- a docked or diminutive tail
- an animal with such a tail
adjective Also: bobtailed
- having the tail cut short
verb (tr)
- to dock the tail of
- to cut short; curtail