CURTAL

Meaning of CURTAL in English

Pronunciation: ' k ə r-t ə l

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle French courtault, from court short, from Latin curtus

Date: 1576

1 obsolete : having a docked tail

2 obsolete : BRIEF , CURTAILED

3 archaic : wearing a short frock

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

CURTAL — adjective Etymology: Middle French courtault, from court short, from Latin curtus Date: 1576 having a docked tail, brief , curtailed, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CURTAL — I. ˈkərd. ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French courtault, courtaud, horse with its ears and mane cut …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURTAL — (n.) A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.
Английский словарь Webster
CURTAL — (a.) Curt; brief; laconic.
Английский словарь Webster
CURTAL — ( n. ) A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTAL — ( a. ) Curt; brief; laconic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTAL — /kerr"tl/ , adj. 1. Archaic. wearing a short frock: a curtal friar. 2. Obs. brief; curtailed. n. 3. a 16th-century …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTAL — adjective Etymology: Middle French courtault, from court short, from Latin curtus Date: 1576 1. obsolete : having a docked tail …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CURTAL — adj curt; brief; laconic. 2. curtal ·noun a horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.
Webster English vocab
CURTAL — [cur.tal] adj [MF courtault, fr. court short, fr. L curtus] (1576) 1 obs: having a docked tail 2. obs: brief, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CURTAL — also spelled Curtall, French Courtaut, Italian Fagotto, German Dulzian, Renaissance-era musical instrument and predecessor of the bassoon, with a double-back …
Britannica English vocabulary
CURTAL AX — or curtle ax noun Etymology: modification of Middle French coutelas Date: circa 1580 cutlass
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CURTAL SONNET — noun : a curtailed or contracted sonnet ; specifically : a sonnet of eleven lines rhyming abcabc dcbdc or abcabc …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURTAL AX — ˈkərd. ə lˌaks noun or cur·tle ax “ Etymology: by folk etymology from Middle French coutelas — more at cutlass …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURTAL FRIAR — () A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.
Английский словарь Webster
CURTAL AX — () Alt. of Curtelasse
Английский словарь Webster
CURTAL FRIAR — A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTAL AX — Alt. of Curtelasse
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTAL SONNET — a curtailed or contracted sonnet. It refers specifically to a sonnet of 11 lines rhyming abcabc dcbdc or abcabc dbcdc …
Britannica English vocabulary
CURTLE AX — noun see: curtal ax
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CURTAIL — transitive verb see: curtal Date: 1580 to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BASSOON — Principal tenor and bass instrument of the orchestral woodwind family. Its mouthpiece has a double reed attached to a curved …
Английский словарь Британика
CURTLE AX — noun see curtal ax
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SONNET — I. ˈsänə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian sonetto, from Old Provençal sonet little song, from son song, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURTAIL — I. |kər|tāl, |kə̄|-, |kəi|-, _kə(r)ˈt-, esp before pause or consonant -āəl transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: by folk etymology …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILED SONNET — noun : a sonnet augmented by additional lines that are arranged systematically and are often shorter than the basic line …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUTLASS — (n.) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.
Английский словарь Webster
CUTLASS — ( n. ) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTAIL — curtail 1 — curtailedly , adv. — curtailer , n. — curtailment , n. /keuhr tayl"/ , v.t. to cut …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CURTLE AX — see curtal ax
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CURTAIL — transitive verb Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, from curtal, noun, animal with a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CURTAIL — [cur.tail] vt [by folk etymology fr. earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, fr. curtal, n., animal with a docked …
Merriam-Webster English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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