Hypertext Webster Gateway: "curtail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Curtail \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
step, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
curtail
v 1: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: {restrict},
{curb}, {cut back}]
2: 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" [syn: {clip}, {cut
short}]
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