Curtail (kr-tl), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-tld); p.pr. & vb.n. Curtailing.]
Etymology: [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. Macualay.
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Curtail (krtl), n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.