Curtail Synonyms & Definitions

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• CurtailDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
2. (v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

• Curtail dogDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting.

• CurtailedDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Curtail