curtail dog

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

廃用 広義

(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.

日本語の意味

尾が切り落とされた犬。かつて、狩猟の資格を持たない者の所有する犬で、森林法に基づき、識別および走行上の理由から尾が短く切られる必要があったとされる（古語的表現）。

英語の意味

(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.

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The curtail dog remained at the gate, its docked tail a clear mark of the old kennel's tradition.

断尾された犬は門にとどまり、その短い尾は古い犬舎の伝統を示していた。

詳細

意味（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.

意味（2）

(obsolete, by extension) A dog not fit for sporting.

Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs.

詳細

curtail dogs （ plural ）