[ˈkəːt(ə)l], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- shortened, abridged, or curtailed
(e.g: the curtal frock of sunbright cotton)


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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