Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Curtail

Curtail (kur*tāl") , transitive verb

[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. — Shakespeare
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. — Macaulay

Curtail (k?r"t?l) , noun

The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.