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Meaning of LONGTAIL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Long"tail`\, n.
An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf.
{Curtail}. {Dog}.
Note: A longtail was a gentleman's dog, or the dog of one
      qualified to bunt, other dogs being required to have
      their tails cut.
{Cut and longtail}, all, gentlefolks and others, as they
   might come. --Shak.
 
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