horse tail

I once heard him say that the white wool on a Janizary's cap was more honorable than the horse tail on the tent spear of another.

On the top of the detaching roller is a large steel fluted roller carried at each end by a small arm called a "horse tail."

Yes; but do you not see, nearly joining with them, what is not a horse tail at all; but a flame of fire, kindled at Apollo's knee?