curtail dog English

Meaning curtail dog meaning

What does curtail dog mean?

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.

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