Etymology

curtal

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Today it means: A variety of short-barrelled cannon. Full definition →

French courtault
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  1. French · derived fromcourtault
  2. English todaycurtal

From older French courtault (modern French courtaud), from court (“short”) + -ault (pejorative suffix).

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