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What (who) is curtail - definition
curtail
(curtails, curtailing, curtailed)
If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. (FORMAL)
NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region...
= restrict
VERB: V n
curtail
[k?:'te?l]
¦ verb place a restriction on.
Derivatives
curtailment noun
Origin
C15: from obs. curtal 'horse with a docked tail', from Fr. courtault, from court 'short', from L. curtus; the change in the ending was due to assoc. with tail1.
Examples of use of curtail
1. That requirement would seriously curtail future deployments.
2. Those groups that want to reverse or curtail Roe v.
3. Another measure would severely curtail domestic partnership benefits.
4. The state had large stocks of gas to curtail shortages.
5. Critics argue that this will curtail freedom of speech.