ˈgilt-tail
Also 7 gild-tail.
[f. gilt ppl. a. + tail n.]
| 1651–7 T. Barker Art of Angling (1659) 42 A little short worme..called a Gild-taile. 1653 Walton Angler iv. 95 The marsh-worm, the tag-tail..the gilt-tail. 1787 Best Angling iii. 13 Brandlings, Gilt-tails, and Red worms. Found in old dunghills [etc.]. |