bucktail

noun

Etymology

From buck + tail.

  1. derived from *deḱ-
  2. derived from *doḱ-
  3. inherited from *taglą
  4. inherited from *tagl
  5. inherited from tæġl
  6. inherited from tail
  7. compounded as bucktail — “buck + tail

Definitions

  1. The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.

    • Chris used a spinning rod with a green-and-white bucktail jig while I cast a chartreuse Angel Hair and white-bucktail Clouser minnow with my 8-weight fly rod.
  2. The end of a rivet opposite the factory head, which in a solid rivet may be bucked by…

    The end of a rivet opposite the factory head, which in a solid rivet may be bucked by holding a heavy bucking bar or similar-purposed tool against it, while the factory head is hammered until the bucktail is upset into an appropriate shape, most commonly pancake-shaped; the mandrel of a blind rivet generally upsets the bucktail into a doughnut-shape when it is pulled.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA