crop-tail

Updated: May 2, 2025

Jonathan's hat was made to measure on his own special block by the hatter in Overboro' town, and it was so hard and stout that he could sit upon it without injury. His top-boots always hung near the fireplace, that they might not get mouldy; and he rode into market upon his 'short-tail horse, as he called his crop-tail nag.

Richard Jefferies - Round About a Great Estate