Cur-tāil', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CURTAILED; p. pr. & vb. n. CURTAILING.] [From O. Fr. curt, equivalent to N. Fr. court, short, and tailler, to cut. See CURT and TAIL, n., in law.] To cut off the end of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; — sometimes followed by of.

I that am curtailed of all fair proportion, Deformed, unfinished. Shak.

Perhaps this humor of speaking no more than we must, has so miserably curtailed some of our words. Addison.