curtel

noun

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of curtal.

   “AN Entertainment by Mr. CLINCH of BARNET, who imitates the Flute, Double Curtel, the Organ with 3 Voices, the Horn, Huntfman and Pack of Hounds, the Sham-Doctor, the Old Woman, the Drunken-Man, the Bells: All Inſtruments are performed by his natural Voice.”

   “Whilſt the Windy-Performers, to ſhew their mutual Induſtry, kept ſuch continual puffing at their Hoitboys and Curtels, that their Eyes ſtar'd like thoſe in the Sign of a Sarazen's-Head, and their cheeks look'd as plump as a Monkeys Alforges when they are ſtuff'd with Cobnuts, […]”

   “[…] on Wednesday next, being the 28th of this Instant August, 1734. Will be performed a CONSORT OF MUSICK by the best MASTERS. Mr de Reck, plays a SOLO on the Hautboy and Curtel.”