Meaning

4 senses

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

  2. An early type of bassoon.

  3. (obsolete)A horse or other animal having a docked tail.

  4. (obsolete)Anything docked or cut short.

Origin

From older French courtault (modern French courtaud), from court (“short”) + -ault (pejora

From older French courtault (modern French courtaud), from court (“short”) + -ault (pejorative suffix).

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Forms

plural: curtals
Singularcurtal
Pluralcurtals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
curtailcurtainB1curtseycurvaturecurve

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