curtail : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: curtail	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for curtail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curtail v place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: restrict, curtail, curb, cut back] 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" Synonym(s): clip, curtail, cut short
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curtail \Curtail"\ (k[ucr]rt[amac]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curtailed} (-t[amac]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.