adv. [f. TAIL sb.1 + -WISE.] In the manner of a tail; also, with the tail foremost, i.e., backward.
a. 1845. Hood, To Dymoke, xi. When he [a horse] waddled tail-wise with the cup to his stall.
1899. Whiteing, 5 John St., 33. A ridiculous fag-end … sticks tailwise out behind.
