[ kə:'teɪl ]
■ verb place a restriction on.
Derivatives
~ment noun
Origin
C15: from obs. curtal 'horse with a docked tail', from Fr. courtault , from court 'short', from L. curtus ; the change in the ending was due to assoc. with tail 1 .
[ kə:'teɪl ]
■ verb place a restriction on.
Derivatives
~ment noun
Origin
C15: from obs. curtal 'horse with a docked tail', from Fr. courtault , from court 'short', from L. curtus ; the change in the ending was due to assoc. with tail 1 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004