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Definition of High-tail
1. Verb. Retreat at full speed. "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant"
Lexicographical Neighbors of High-tail
Literary usage of High-tail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1913)
"Hens; 1st, was about the best I have seen for a long time and a good mate for
Idt cock, splendid head and comb, stood well up with a good high tail and deep ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"A horizontally placed pelvis (a speed character) and very high tail region, few
tail vertebrae. 7. A complete shaft of the ulna, or small bone of the ..."
3. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"Fourteen feet, flippers 2 feet; dorsal fin, z\ feet long, n inches high ; tail
flukes, 3 feet broad. Blyth's specimens were procured in the Salt Lakes near ..."
4. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"... and 8^ feet in extreme length : the body round, legs robust, mane standing 5
inches high, tail flowing and white; the general colour cinnamon brown, ..."
5. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Head not protruding, dorsal fin high, tail deeply cleft. tail nearly square behind
KOGIA, 18 GRAMPUS, 23 FFF. Teeth in lower jaw one on each side. GG. ..."
6. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Head not protruding, dorsal fin high, tail deeply cleft. tail nearly square behind
KOGIA, i& GRAMPUS, 23 FFF. Teeth in lower jaw one on each side. ..."
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