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shirttail.

The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.

  2. The tail-end or periphery of something.

    broadly
  3. A tenuous connection.

  4. A distant kinship.

  5. A small portion

  6. Something small and unimportant.

Where this word comes from

From shirt + tail.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.