hindlock

Definitions

1. A tress or lock of an individual's hair that covers the hind-part of the head.
2. An animal's, particularly a horse's, tail.

Examples

“They have⟳ the hind-lock of hair known as the kudumi, put⟳ on sacred ashes, and paint⟳ the point⟳ between the eyebrows with a sandal paste dot.”

“[…] so that those dilatory persons who have⟳ not been able to take⟳ the old gentleman by the forelock, might catch⟳ him as easily as a brother of the sister isle catches a scampering bull by the hindlock, or tail: […]”

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