bang-tailed

Updated: May 17, 2025

There was a good scenting-wind, with rain in the offing, and outside the covert they had a corner to themselves Winton knowing a trick worth two of the field's at-large. They had slipped there, luckily unseen, for the knowing were given to following the one-handed horseman in faded pink, who, on his bang-tailed black mare, had a knack of getting so well away.

John Galsworthy - Beyond

He talked polo, golf, tennis and horses; he dined at several most elaborate "cottages"; he rode forth on glossy, bang-tailed horses, perfectly appointed; he drove in marvellously conceived traps in company with most engaging damsels.

Stewart Edward White - The Rules of the Game