Associations to the word «Curtail»

CURTAIL, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal

CURTAIL, verb. (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.

CURTAIL, verb. (transitive) (figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.

CURTAIL, noun. (architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

CURTAIL DOG, noun. (obsolete) 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.

CURTAIL DOG, noun. (obsolete) (by extension) A dog not fit for sporting.

CURTAIL DOGS, noun. Plural of curtail dog

CURTAIL, verb. Place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school".

CURTAIL, verb. Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries".