SHIRTTAIL


Meaning of SHIRTTAIL in English

/sherrt"tayl'/ , n.

1. the part of a shirt below the waistline.

2. Journalism. a brief item added at the end of a related newspaper story. Cf. follow-up (def. 3b).

adj.

3. quite young and immature in behavior.

4. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. of distant relation, esp. by marriage: some shirttail cousins I'd never met.

v.t.

5. Informal. to append or add (an item) to a discussion or writing: The tariff concessions were shirttailed onto the trade bill.

[ 1835-45, Amer.; SHIRT + TAIL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .