spindletail

English

Alternative forms

spindle-tail

Etymology

From spindle +‎ tail.

Noun

spindletail (plural spindletails)

1. (US, obsolete) The pintail duck.

References

• “spindletail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.