Also 7 whittaile. [TAIL sb.1]
1. = WHEATEAR2 (q.v. for foreign equivalents). Obs. or dial.
1611. Cotgr., Cul blanc, the bird called a Whittaile.
1666. Merrett, Pinax, 178. Oenanthe, the Wheat ear, or White tail…. in agro Warwicensi Fallow Smiters.
a. 1705. Ray, Syn. Avium (1713), 76. Oenanthe.… Alibi ab Uropygii colore White Tail dicitur ut Italis Culo bianco.
2. The white-tailed deer (Cariacus virginianus), a common N. American species, having the under side of the tail white. Also white-tail deer.
1888. Lees & Clutterbuck, B. C., 1887, xxix. (1892), 323. Mule-deer and cariboo were numerous here, but the white-tail … was conspicuous by its absence.
1895. Outing (U.S.), XXVII. 43. The white-tail deer is especially prized as food.
