- archaic shortened, abridged, or curtailed〈古〉缩短的, 删减的。
- historical a dulcian or bassoon of the late 16th to early 18th century〈史〉科塔尔管（16世纪后期到18世纪早期一种古大管或巴松管）。
词源
late 15th cent. （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.