transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)kər-ˈtāl ]
transitive verb
Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, from curtal, noun, animal with a docked tail, from Middle French courtault — more at curtal
Date: 1580
: to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
curtail the power of the executive branch
curtail inflation
Synonyms: see shorten
• cur·tail·er -ˈtā-lər noun