Reverse Dictionary: CURTAIL

ADJECTIVES
► ABRUPTED curtailed, cut off; suddenly broken off; cut short → 1597
► CURTAL curtailed, abridged; brief, scant, curt → 1579 obs.
► CUTTED curtailed, cut short, ending abruptly → c1386 obs.
► DECURTATE curtailed, abridged, cut down, shortened → a1638
► DEFALCATE curtailed, diminished → 1531 obs.

NOUNS
► ACCURTATION curtailment, shortening, abbreviation → 1583 obs.
► CASTRATION curtailment, decrease or reduction in quantity or amount → 1728 obs.
► DEFALCATION curtailment, diminution or reduction by taking away a part → 1476 obs.

PHRASES
► THERE HAVE BEEN SLANGING-DUES CONCERNED uttered by one who suspects that he has been curtailed of his just share, portion, or right → c1810 sl.

VERBS
► ABRUPT to curtail; to break off, to sever; to interrupt suddenly → 1634
► CURTALIZE to curtail → 1622 obs.
► CURTILATE to curtail → 1665 obs.
► CUT to curtail, to abridge, to shorten, to reduce → 1413
► DECURTATE to curtail; to abridge → 1623 obs.
► DEFALCATE to curtail; to reduce; to take or deduct a part from → a1690 obs.
► DEFALCE to curtail; to reduce; to take or deduct a part from → 1651 obs.
► PUT ONE’S FOOT DOWN to curtail, to restrict → 1910s sl.
► SCOTCH to curtail; to deduct; to hinder; to hesitate → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIE DOWN to hinder; to confine; to restrict; to curtail → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)