Usually means: Dog with docked tail historically.
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  1. curtail dog: Wordnik
  2. curtail dog: Wiktionary
  3. Curtail dog: Dictionary.com
  4. Curtail dog: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. Curtail dog: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  6. curtail-dog: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. curtail dog: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Curtail dog: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (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.
noun:  (obsolete, by extension) A dog not fit for sporting.

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