n. 1. See grenadier. 2. A long, thin length of hair that hangs down the nape of the neck, usually when the rest of the hair is cut short. adj. also rat-tailed (-tāld′) or rat·tailed (-tāld′) Shaped like or having a part shaped like a rat's tail: a rat-tail file; a rattail comb. |
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