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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A docked tail which has also had some muscles cut, resulting in a permanent cocked position.  3, fiche 1, Anglais, - set%20tail

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The origins of the word "cocktail" are mysterious. It first appeared (in America) in the first decade of the 19th century, roughly contemporary with "cocktail" meaning "horse with a cocked tail" -- that is, one cut short and so made to stick up like a cock's tail -- but whether the two words are connected, and if so, how the drink came to named after such a horse, are not at all clear.  4, fiche 1, Anglais, - set%20tail

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A cruel fashion, current in the United States of America, of breaking and setting the tails of saddle horses to give a high and showy tail carriage.  5, fiche 1, Anglais, - set%20tail

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Queue écourtée et niquetée dont on a incisé certains muscles pour qu'elle reste constamment relevée.  1, fiche 1, Français, - queue%20%C3%A0%20l%27anglaise

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol