curtailingn.

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s curtalling, 1600s curtling.

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈtailing.

The action of curtail v.; shortening, abridging.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > docking or nicking

curtailing1586

nicking1753

horse-docking1895

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter > by cutting

truncation1579

curtailing1586

trunking1611

cropping1616

detruncation1623

procision1650

docking1728

short-circuiting1896

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > summarizing or abridging

bridginga1425

breviation1509

abbreviating1548

abridgement1579

contracting1585

curtailing1586

contraction1655

condensation1798

curtailment1799

epitomization1805

summarizing1808

entailment1822

boiling1898

predigestion1904

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. B1 When..with..too muche curtolling our argumentes..wee abbreauiate..our Epistles.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Derrabadura Curtalling, caudæ truncatio.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. clix. 468 Now for the manner of curtalling of horses, it is in this sort.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 315 The curtling of Jerusalem into Solyma.

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lviii. 257.

1737 J. Swift Let. 23 July Against the corruption of English..with abominable curtailings and quaint modernisms.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals Pref. I profited by his judgment and experience in the curtailing of it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	curtailing
释义	curtailingn. Forms: Also 1500s–1600s curtalling, 1600s curtling. Etymology: -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈtailing. The action of curtail v.; shortening, abridging. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > docking or nicking curtailing1586 nicking1753 horse-docking1895 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter > by cutting truncation1579 curtailing1586 trunking1611 cropping1616 detruncation1623 procision1650 docking1728 short-circuiting1896 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > summarizing or abridging bridginga1425 breviation1509 abbreviating1548 abridgement1579 contracting1585 curtailing1586 contraction1655 condensation1798 curtailment1799 epitomization1805 summarizing1808 entailment1822 boiling1898 predigestion1904 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. B1 When..with..too muche curtolling our argumentes..wee abbreauiate..our Epistles. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Derrabadura Curtalling, caudæ truncatio. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. clix. 468 Now for the manner of curtalling of horses, it is in this sort. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 315 The curtling of Jerusalem into Solyma. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lviii. 257. 1737 J. Swift Let. 23 July Against the corruption of English..with abominable curtailings and quaint modernisms. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals Pref. I profited by his judgment and experience in the curtailing of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1586
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