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plural bobtails
A short, or deliberately shortened tail. examples
An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags. examples
(agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer. examples
A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer examples
(poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush. examples
A bobtail squid examples
A bobtail skink examples
third-person singular simple present bobtails, present participle bobtailing, simple past and past participle bobtailed
(agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer. quotations examples
He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - that's called "bobtailing".
2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12
To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer. quotations examples
W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...
2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History