Cur‐tail″ (kŭr‐tāl″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Curtailed (–tāld″); 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.
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion.
Shak.
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled.
Macaulay.