[bob-teyl] 
| 1. | a short or docked tail. |
| 2. | an animal with such a tail. |
| 3. | Also, bobtailed. having a bobtail. |
| 4. | cut short; docked; cropped. |
| 5. | shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated: Several legislative items must be dropped from the current bobtail session of Congress. |
| 6. | to cut short the tail of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect. |
| bob·tail (bŏb'tāl') n.
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