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Definition of curtal in English English dictionary
- A variety of short-barrelled cannon
- Having a docked tail
- A horse or other animal having a docked tail
- An early type of bassoon
- Shortened, abridged, curtailed
- (obsolete) cut short; "a dog with a curtal tail
- Curt; brief; laconic
- A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short
- curtal friar
- A friar with a short gown
- curtal ax
- A cutlass
- curtal ax
- A corruption of Cutlass
- curtal friar
- A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery
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[ 'k&r-t&l ] (adjective.) 1576. From French courtault (now courtaud), from court ‘short’ + -ault pejorative suffix.Resimler
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