English-Thai Dictionary
curtal
A เกี่ยวกับ กระโปรง ที่ เย็บ เป็น ชิ้น เดียวกัน
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CURTAL
n.A horse with a docked tail.
CURTAL
a.Short; abridged; brief.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CURTAL
Cur "tal (kr "tal ), a. Etym: [OF. courtault, F. courtaud, having a docked tail (cf. It. cortaldo ), fr. court short, L. curtus. See Curt, and Curtail. ]
Defn: Curt; brief; laconic. Essays and curtal aphorisms. Milton. Curtal dog. See Curtail dog.
CURTAL
CURTAL Cur "tal, n.
Defn: A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short. [Obs ] Nares.
CURTAL AX; CURTLE AX; CURTELASSE
CURTAL AX; CURTLE AX; CURTELASSE Cur "tal ax `, Cur "tle ax `, Curte "lasse (krt "las ).
Defn: A corruption of Cutlass.
CURTAL FRIAR
CURTAL FRIAR Cur "tal fri `ar (fr `r ).
Defn: A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. Sir W. Scott.
New American Oxford Dictionary
curtal
cur tal |ˈkərtl kərtl | ▶adjective archaic shortened, abridged, or curtailed. ▶noun historical a dulcian or bassoon of the late 16th to early 18th century. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting a short-barreled 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, esp. an animal with a docked tail, which probably gave rise to the adjective sense.
Oxford Dictionary
curtal
curtal |ˈkəːt (ə )l | ▶adjective archaic shortened, abridged, or curtailed. ▶noun historical a dulcian or bassoon of the late 16th to early 18th century. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (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.
The Wordsmith Dictionary