fish-tail

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The corkscrews Amber placed in her hair shrivel down into a thick fish-tail braid dangling below her waist.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

For small tubes, and those of moderate size, a fish-tail burner, such as is used for purposes of illumination, will answer best.

From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.

The fish-tail handles are found on Dutch pewter.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

His face was the colour of ripe fruit of the jujube-tree, his hair and beard red, the former done up in the shape of a fish-tail, and he had three eyes.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

The blue fish-tail with its letter "M" had revealed the yacht's identity to searching glasses.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman