Definitions for: Curtail


[v] place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
[v] terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cur*tail" (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See
Curtal.]
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to
abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.

Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
doubled. --Macaulay.


Cur"tail (k?r"t?l), n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
step, etc.

Synonyms: clip, curb, cut back, cut short, restrict

See Also: circumscribe, confine, immobilise, immobilize, limit, shorten

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