Curtal Definition

kûrtl
noun
An animal with a docked tail.
American Heritage

(historical) A variety of short-barrelled cannon.

Wiktionary

(music) An early type of bassoon.

Wiktionary
adjective
Shortened; curtailed.
Webster's New World
Cut short or docked.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Curtal

Noun

Singular:
curtal
Plural:
curtals

Origin of Curtal

  • Obsolete French courtault from Old French from court short from Latin curtus sker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French courtault (now courtaud), from court ‘short’ + -ault pejorative suffix.

    From Wiktionary

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