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Curtail

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo cut short the tail of (an animal).
"Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair."
2.VerbTo shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
"When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech."
3.VerbTo limit or restrict; to keep in check.
4.NounA scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
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