v. t.
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who curtails. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]