3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Curtal \Cur"tal\ (k[^u]r"tal), adjective [OF. courtault, F. courtaud, having a docked tail (cf. It. cortaldo), fr. court short, L. curtus. See {Curt}, and {Curtail}.] Curt; brief; laconic.

Essays and curtal aphorisms. --Milton.

{Curtal dog}. See {Curtail dog}.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Curtal \Cur"tal\, noun A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short. [Obs] --Nares.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

curtal

adjective