Main Entry:

¹tail·gate

Pronunciation:

\ˈtāl-ˌgāt\

Function:

noun

Date:

1854

1: a board or gate at the rear of a vehicle that can be removed or let down (as for loading)2 [from the custom of seating trombonists at the rear of trucks carrying jazz bands in parades] : a jazz trombone style marked by much use of slides to and from long sustained tones