curtailedadj.

/kəːˈteɪld/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s curtalled, etc.

Etymology: < curtail v. and curtal n. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Made a curtal; having the tail docked or cut off.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [adjective] > docked

docked1408

curtailed1591

bobbed1658

bob1709

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail

docked1408

stug-tailed1575

curtal1576

curtailed1591

bushya1609

bobbed1658

undocked1677

flisk1680

rat-tailed1684

strunted1688

bob1709

cocktailed1763

switched1769

cocked1775

nick-tailed1840

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having tail cut short

curtailed1591

bob-tailed1640

crop-tailed1689

cut-tailed1712

dock-tail1785

dock-tailed1824

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 43 Another [horse] broken winded, curtald, lame, blinde, foundred.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 419 My curtailed dog.

1629 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse (ed. 2) To Rdr. With cur tailed dogs in strings.

1870 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 574 The yelp of curtailed foxes in every generation is the same.

†b. transferred. Shaped at the end as if cut off short.

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the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] > made blunt > shaped as if

curtailed1575

bluff?1637

stump1676

1575 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 154 A curtolde slipper and a short silke hose.

1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. D A..peake pendent, eyther sharpe..or curtold lyke the broad ende of a Moule spade.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 218 The smallest roots of Ellebor, such as be..curtelled, and not sharp pointed in the bottom.

2. Cut short; shortened, abridged; diminished in length, extent, power, privilege.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > curtailed

abridgeda1382

docked1408

defalcate1531

decurted?1550

curtailed1561

limited1590

minced1609

clipped1788

razeed1821

shorn1853

restricted1856

curtate1875

fine-cut1894

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened

docked1408

abbreviatec1425

abridged?c1430

shorted1483

abbreviatedc1487

curtailed1561

curted1568

curtala1592

shortened1598

curt1665

brief1668

curtate1893

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] > abridged

abridged?c1430

curtailed1561

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 217 But let vs heare their curtalled argumentes.

c1620 S. Smith Serm. (1866) I. 156 With the curtailed skirts of David's ambassadors [cf. 2 Sam. x. 4].

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 17 They must mew their feathers, and their pounces, and make but curt-tail'd Bishops of them.

1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. x. 205 According to the most curtailed chronology.

†3. ? Short-skirted: cf. curtal n. 3d. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a skirt or skirts > types of

cuttedc1460

curtaileda1625

kilted1809

fustanellaed1853

miniskirted1966

a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggggg3^v/1 They are curtall'd queanes in hired clothes.

Derivatives

curˈtailedly adv. shortly, abbreviatedly.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > compressed or abbreviated

narrowlyOE

cuttedly1530

contractly1576

contractedly1611

abstractlya1638

curtailedlya1657

abridgedly1704

compressedly1830

compressingly1830

condensely1832

condensedly1880

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 167 The name thereof..perhaps..was written curtail'dly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	curtailed
释义	curtailedadj. /kəːˈteɪld/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s curtalled, etc. Etymology: < curtail v. and curtal n. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Made a curtal; having the tail docked or cut off. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [adjective] > docked docked1408 curtailed1591 bobbed1658 bob1709 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail docked1408 stug-tailed1575 curtal1576 curtailed1591 bushya1609 bobbed1658 undocked1677 flisk1680 rat-tailed1684 strunted1688 bob1709 cocktailed1763 switched1769 cocked1775 nick-tailed1840 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having tail cut short curtailed1591 bob-tailed1640 crop-tailed1689 cut-tailed1712 dock-tail1785 dock-tailed1824 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 43 Another [horse] broken winded, curtald, lame, blinde, foundred. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 419 My curtailed dog. 1629 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse (ed. 2) To Rdr. With cur tailed dogs in strings. 1870 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 574 The yelp of curtailed foxes in every generation is the same. †b. transferred. Shaped at the end as if cut off short. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] > made blunt > shaped as if curtailed1575 bluff?1637 stump1676 1575 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 154 A curtolde slipper and a short silke hose. 1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. D A..peake pendent, eyther sharpe..or curtold lyke the broad ende of a Moule spade. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 218 The smallest roots of Ellebor, such as be..curtelled, and not sharp pointed in the bottom. 2. Cut short; shortened, abridged; diminished in length, extent, power, privilege. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > curtailed abridgeda1382 docked1408 defalcate1531 decurted?1550 curtailed1561 limited1590 minced1609 clipped1788 razeed1821 shorn1853 restricted1856 curtate1875 fine-cut1894 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened docked1408 abbreviatec1425 abridged?c1430 shorted1483 abbreviatedc1487 curtailed1561 curted1568 curtala1592 shortened1598 curt1665 brief1668 curtate1893 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] > abridged abridged?c1430 curtailed1561 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 217 But let vs heare their curtalled argumentes. c1620 S. Smith Serm. (1866) I. 156 With the curtailed skirts of David's ambassadors [cf. 2 Sam. x. 4]. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 17 They must mew their feathers, and their pounces, and make but curt-tail'd Bishops of them. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. x. 205 According to the most curtailed chronology. †3. ? Short-skirted: cf. curtal n. 3d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a skirt or skirts > types of cuttedc1460 curtaileda1625 kilted1809 fustanellaed1853 miniskirted1966 a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggggg3^v/1 They are curtall'd queanes in hired clothes. Derivatives curˈtailedly adv. shortly, abbreviatedly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > compressed or abbreviated narrowlyOE cuttedly1530 contractly1576 contractedly1611 abstractlya1638 curtailedlya1657 abridgedly1704 compressedly1830 compressingly1830 condensely1832 condensedly1880 a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 167 The name thereof..perhaps..was written curtail'dly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1561
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