curtal.
/kur-tl/US // ˈkɜr tl //UK // (ˈkɜːtəl) obsolete //
遏止,凝结,凝固剂,凝固
Definitions
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
- ›Archaic. wearing a short frock: a curtal friar.
- ›Obsolete. brief; curtailed.
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a 16th-century bassoon.
- ›Obsolete. an animal with a docked tail.
Examples
Curtal is a small horse; properly one who hath his tail docked or curtailed.
"I am but a poor anchorite, a curtal friar," replied the other, pushing out for his side of the river.
A gret doble trottynge hors called a curtal, for his lordship to ride out on out of towns.
Some blackguard or other, I think it was Sybrandt, said, "A lie is not like a blow with a curtal axe."
Item, double trottynge hors, called a curtal, for his lordship to ryde on out of townes.
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