curtails

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Noun

curtails noun

A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

Verb

curtails 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.

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Synonyms

crop dock behedge control limit restrain abbreviate shorten cut short restrict cut back clip curb constrains diminishes impedes lessens limits

Rhymes

entails travails details gales wails tails tales nails trails sails

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