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Definition of curtal in English: curtaladjective ˈkəːt(ə)lˈkərd(ə)l archaic Shortened, abridged, or curtailed. the curtal frock of sunbright cotton Example sentencesExamples - A ‘curtal [shortened] sonnet’ (G.M. Hopkins) consists of a sestet followed by a quatrain and a half-line tailpiece.
noun ˈkəːt(ə)lˈkərd(ə)l historical A dulcian or bassoon of the late 16th to early 18th century. Example sentencesExamples - The lowest of the four orchestral woodwinds, it was developed from the Renaissance curtal or dulcian in the mid-17th century as part of the general reconstruction of all woodwind instruments that took place in France.
- Anyone who blew you away with their chops on cornetto, curtal or theorbo?
- The result is a programme of genuine old fashioned carols, songs and dances, performed on shawms, sackbut, recorders, flutes, curtals, lutes, guitars, harp, bagpipes and the hurdy-gurdy.
- The new instrument was called either a curtal or a dulcian in England, and it became very popular as a general purpose bass instrument, even in refined settings where the higher shawms were considered inappropriate.
- The curtal was created by "folding" the shawm in half.
Origin Late 15th century (denoting a short-barrelled cannon): from French courtault, from court 'short' + the pejorative suffix -ault. In both English and French the noun denoted various items characterized by something short, especially an animal with a docked tail, which probably gave rise to the adjective sense. Definition of curtal in US English: curtaladjectiveˈkərd(ə)l archaic Shortened, abridged, or curtailed. the curtal frock of sunbright cotton Example sentencesExamples - A ‘curtal [shortened] sonnet’ (G.M. Hopkins) consists of a sestet followed by a quatrain and a half-line tailpiece.
nounˈkərd(ə)l historical A dulcian or bassoon of the late 16th to early 18th century. Example sentencesExamples - The new instrument was called either a curtal or a dulcian in England, and it became very popular as a general purpose bass instrument, even in refined settings where the higher shawms were considered inappropriate.
- The lowest of the four orchestral woodwinds, it was developed from the Renaissance curtal or dulcian in the mid-17th century as part of the general reconstruction of all woodwind instruments that took place in France.
- The curtal was created by "folding" the shawm in half.
- Anyone who blew you away with their chops on cornetto, curtal or theorbo?
- The result is a programme of genuine old fashioned carols, songs and dances, performed on shawms, sackbut, recorders, flutes, curtals, lutes, guitars, harp, bagpipes and the hurdy-gurdy.
Origin Late 15th century (denoting a short-barreled cannon): from French courtault, from court ‘short’ + the pejorative suffix -ault. In both English and French the noun denoted various items characterized by something short, especially an animal with a docked tail, which probably gave rise to the adjective sense. |