CURTAIL

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.

2.
n.

The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.


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