shirttail: Meaning and Definition of

shirt•tail

1. the part of a shirt below the waistline.
2. a brief item added at the end of a related newspaper story. Cf.(def. 3b).

1. quite young and immature in behavior.
2. of distant relation, esp. by marriage: some shirttail cousins I'd never met.

1. to append or add (an item) to a discussion or writing: The tariff concessions were shirttailed onto the trade bill.