WordUnscrambler Home
curtal
Definitions
[ˈkəːt(ə)l], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- shortened, abridged, or curtailed
(e.g: the curtal frock of sunbright cotton)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 15th century (denoting a short-barrelled cannon): from French courtault, from court ‘short’ + the pejorative suffix -ault. In both English and French the noun denoted various items characterized by something short, especially an animal with a docked tail, which probably gave rise to the adjective sense
[ˈkəːt(ə)l], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a dulcian or bassoon of the late 16th to early 18th century
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 15th century (denoting a short-barrelled cannon): from French courtault, from court ‘short’ + the pejorative suffix -ault. In both English and French the noun denoted various items characterized by something short, especially an animal with a docked tail, which probably gave rise to the adjective sense
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for curtal
definition by Oxford Dictionaries