curtailingn.
The action of curtail v.; shortening, abridging.
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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).
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