'Curtail dog' definitions:
Definition of 'Curtail dog'
From: GCIDE
- Curtail dog \Cur"tail dog`\ (d[o^]g`; 115). 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; hence, a dog not fit for sporting. [1913 Webster]
- Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]