curtail dog
/K ER0 T EY1 L D AO0 G/noun
- 1
(obsolete) A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running.
- 2
(obsolete, by extension) A dog not fit for sporting.
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