CURTAIL

curtail

Noun

  1. A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

Verb

  1. To cut short the tail of an animal
    ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
  2. To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
    When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
  3. To limit or restrict, keep in check.
    Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.


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