CURTAILING
13
Scrabble
18
WWF
C(3) U(1) R(1) T(1) A(1) I(1) L(1) I(1) N(1) G(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
verb
- To cut short the tail of an animal“Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.”
- To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.“When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.”
- To limit or restrict, keep in check.
noun
- A cutting short; truncation.
Source: Wiktionary
