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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.