English Explanatory Dictionary

devil's tail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cooper’s knocker-up; a tool used to lift or level a cask head from inside the cask.

Word forms

devil's tail devil's tails

Etymology

From devil + tail; applied in Scotland to a cooper’s “knocking-up” tool (cask-head lifter).

Synonyms

knocker-up knocker-upper jumper
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