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Definition of: shavetail
(shāv′tāl′) noun U.S. Slang
1. A second lieutenant, especially one recently commissioned.
2. An untrained or intractable mule.
3. A tenderfoot. [Formerly in allusion to young, unbroken army mules with their tails bobbed]
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