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curtel

curtel is the obsolete spelling of curtal.

Meaning of curtal

Noun

curtal (plural curtals)

  1. (historical) A variety of short-barrelled cannon.
  2. An early type of bassoon.
  3. (obsolete) A horse or other animal having a docked tail.
  4. (obsolete) Anything docked or cut short.

See all 7 meanings of curtal

Forms of curtel

pluralcurtels

Questions about curtel

What is curtel the obsolete spelling of?
Curtel is the obsolete spelling of curtal.

Words near curtel in the dictionary

  1. Curtea
  2. Curtea de Argeș
  3. curted
  4. curtein
  5. curteins
  6. curtel
  7. curtelasse
  8. curtelasses
  9. curter
  10. curtest
  11. curtesy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curtel (page history and authors); curtal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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