curtail

Etymology
Alteration of, from , itself from (from ) +

Verb

 * 1)  To cut short the tail of an animal
 * Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
 * 1)  To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
 * When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
 * 1)  To limit or restrict, keep in check.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:shorten
 * ,, , ; See also Thesaurus:curb
 * ,, , ; See also Thesaurus:curb

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: derrabar
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kupere
 * Portuguese: derrabar
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ，
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: recortar, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: συντέμνω
 * Hebrew: קִצֵּרקִצֵּר,
 * Ido: ,
 * Maori: auporo, tauporo, auporo, totope
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forkorte
 * Nynorsk: forkorte
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: giorraich
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ，
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, kort houden, ,
 * Estonian: piirama
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, coartar,
 * German:, , ,
 * Maori: totope
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: avgrense
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Indonesian: ,

Noun

 * 1)  A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.