Definition for
curtail
noun – A corruption of curtal. Compare curtail, v.
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To cut short; cut off the end or a part of; dock; diminish in extent or quantity: as, to
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To deprive by excision or removal; abate by deprivation or negation: as, to
noun –
In architecture, a member shaped like a volute or scroll, especially in stair-building, as in the lower termination of a hand-rail or the projection of the lowest step of a flight. See
transitive verb – To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
noun – The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
verb –
To
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