'Curtailing' definitions:
Definition of 'Curtailing'
From: GCIDE
- Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. [1913 Webster]
- I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]