noun. An animal with a docked tail.

noun. undefined

noun. Something cut short or docked.

adjective. Cut short or docked.

To cut short; curtail.

Short; cut short; abridged; brief; scant.

noun. A horse or dog with a docked tall: hence applied to a person mutilated in any way.

noun. A short cannon.

noun. A musical instrument of the bassoon kind. Also written courtal, courtel, corthal, cortand, courtant.

noun. A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short.

adjective. Curt; brief; laconic.

adjective. See Curtail dog.

noun. A variety of short-barrelled cannon.

noun. A horse or other animal having a docked tail.

noun. An early type of bassoon.

adjective. Of horses, having a docked tail.

adjective. Physically shortened; short.

adjective. Abridged, curtailed.

adjective. (obsolete) cut short

"Then there is George Merredith, who writes 16 line sonnets; Hopkins who invents the 6/4.5! proportioned curtal sonnet."

curtal dog  curtal friar  

short  

curtal friar  

Carmelite  Spanish  abstinent  broad-bladed  capuchin  

brief  curt  laconic