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bangtail muster

noun

Etymology

From bangtail (“to dock the tail brush”) + muster (“a roundup”).

Definitions

  1. A muster of cattle, for counting and any of various other purposes, during which any…

    A muster of cattle, for counting and any of various other purposes, during which any animals not previously counted are bangtailed, treated and released.

    • There has since been a bangtail muster and already 1,400 cattle are in hand.
    • Investigation shows that during the period studied, five properties made no accurate count of breeders (bangtail muster), while two made one count.
    • A bangtail muster was a count of every beast on a property, and every one of them had to be yarded and have its tail cropped to show it had been counted.

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