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curtal
UK /ˈkəːtəl/ US /ˈkəːtəl/
noun 4adj 3
Definitions
noun
1
A variety of short-barrelled cannon.
2
An early type of bassoon.
3
A horse or other animal having a docked tail.
4
Anything docked or cut short.
adj
1
Of horses, having a docked tail.
2
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.
3
Abridged, curtailed.
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