English Dictionary

curtail dog

noun

(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.

He owned a curtail dog.

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.