Definition of Curtal

1. Adjective. (obsolete) cut short. "A dog with a curtal tail"

Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Similar to: Short

Definition of Curtal

1. a. Curt; brief; laconic.

2. n. A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.

Definition of Curtal

1. Noun. (historical) A variety of short-barrelled cannon. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A horse or other animal having a docked tail. ¹

3. Noun. (music) An early type of bassoon. ¹

4. Adjective. (obsolete) Of horses, having a docked tail. ¹

5. Adjective. (rare) Physically shortened; short. ¹

6. Adjective. (obsolete) Abridged, curtailed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curtal

1. an animal with a clipped tail [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtal

curtain coating
curtain lecture
curtain off
curtain raiser
curtain raising
curtain ring
curtain twitcher
curtain twitchers
curtained
curtaining
curtainless
curtainlike
curtains
curtainwall
curtainwalls
curtal (current term)
curtal friar
curtalax
curtalaxe
curtalaxes
curtals
curtana
curtanas
curtate
curtation
curtations
curtaxe
curtaxes
curter
curtesies

Literary usage of Curtal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horse by William Youatt (1860)
"The gret doble was a trotting- horse, employed in carrying burdens. The curtal was a horse whose tail has been shortened. ..."

2. Yorkshire Legends and Traditions: As Told by Her Ancient Chroniclers, Her by Rev Thomas Parkinson (1889)
"The word ' curtal ' is now, usually, allowed to have been applied to him from his being accompanied always by these curtal, or cur, dogs. Now to the story. ..."

3. A Book of Ballads, Old and New by Guido Hermann Stempel (1917)
"... Robin Hood ROBIN HOOD AND THE curtal FRIAR i BUT how many merry months be in the year? ... curtal ..."

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