Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Longtail \Long"tail`\, n.
   An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf.
   {Curtail}. {Dog}.

   Note: A longtail was a gentleman's dog, or the dog of one
         qualified to bunt, other dogs being required to have
         their tails cut.

   {Cut and longtail}, all, gentlefolks and others, as they
      might come. --Shak.