curtal

cur·tal  (kûrtl)

n. Archaic

1. An animal with a docked tail.

2. Something cut short or docked.

adj. Obsolete

Cut short or docked.

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[Obsolete French courtault, from Old French, from court, short, from Latin curtus; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

curtal - (obsolete) cut short; "a dog with a curtal tail" archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression short - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"