Curtails - English meaning
Curtails – definitions in English dictionary
verbTo reduce or limit something, or to stop something before it is finished
Usage examples:
He had to curtail his speech when time ran out.
verbTo reduce or limit something
Usage examples:
The federal reserve raised interest rates slightly to curtail inflation., the last government sever…
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Word origin
late 15th century: from obsolete curtal ‘horse with a docked tail’, from French courtault, from court ‘short’, from Latin curtus . The change in the ending was due to association with tail1
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