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curtal
[ kur-tl ]
adjective
- Archaic. wearing a short frock:
a curtal friar.
- Obsolete. brief; curtailed.
noun
- a 16th-century bassoon.
- Obsolete. an animal with a docked tail.
curtal
/ ˈkɜːtəl /
adjective
- cut short
- (of friars) wearing a short frock
noun
- an animal whose tail has been docked
- something that is cut short
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of curtal1
C16: from Old French courtault animal whose tail has been docked, from court short, from Latin curtus; see curt
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Example Sentences
Curtal is a small horse; properly one who hath his tail docked or curtailed.
From Project Gutenberg
"I am but a poor anchorite, a curtal friar," replied the other, pushing out for his side of the river.
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A gret doble trottynge hors called a curtal, for his lordship to ride out on out of towns.
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Some blackguard or other, I think it was Sybrandt, said, "A lie is not like a blow with a curtal axe."
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Item, double trottynge hors, called a curtal, for his lordship to ryde on out of townes.
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