The top and bottom of something.

(transitive) To add to the beginning and end of (something), such as the salutation and valediction added to a letter.

(uncountable) tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator / (countable) a tail autotomy event

A piece of shortbread in the shape of a sector of a circle.

(literally) Having a bushy tail. / Ellipsis of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Alternative form of lizard's tail

(aviation) An aircraft's tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.

Any of the water plants in the genus Hippuris, / Conyza canadensis, an annual weed also known as horseweed and Canadian fleabane; / Equisetum spp., fern allies also known as horsetail and pipeweed.

A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

A California fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) of the carp family. / The pintail duck. / (US, military, slang, possibly offensive) A woman.