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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•tail1 /kɚˈteɪl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to cut short;
reduce:The trip was curtailed because of bad weather.
cur•tail•er, n. [countable]cur•tail•ment, n. [uncountable]curtailment of foreign aid.See -tail-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•tail1 (kər tāl′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to cut short;
cut off a part of;
abridge;
reduce;
diminish.
- late Middle English curtailen to restrict (said of royal succession or inheritance), probably a conflation of Middle French courtau(l)d (see curtal) and Middle English taillen to cut (see taille, tailor) 1425–75
lessen, dock. See shorten. cur•tail2 (kûr′tāl′),USA pronunciation n. [Archit.]- Architecturea horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- ArchitectureAlso called cur′tail step′. a starting step having a scroll termination to one or both ends of the tread.
- probably alteration, by folk etymology, etymological, of curtal
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