curtal

/ˈkəːtəl/

noun 4adj 3

Collocations

VERB + CURTAL

changed

CURTAL + NOUN

aphorisms, frock, sunbright

PREP.

into

Definitions

noun

A variety of short-barrelled cannon.

An early type of bassoon.

A horse or other animal having a docked tail.

Anything docked or cut short.

adj

Of horses, having a docked tail.

Physically shortened; short.

she had loosened her hair and changed into the curtal frock of sunbright cotton that he was so fond of and had so ardently yearned to soil in the so recent past.

Abridged, curtailed.

essays and curtal aphorisms

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Example Bank

she had loosened her hair and changed into the curtal frock of sunbright cotton that he was so fond of and had so ardently yearned to soil in the so recent past.

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essays and curtal aphorisms

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In some senses, curtal is marked as obsolete, archaic, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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