Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Truncate

Truncate , transitive verb

[Latin truncatus, past participle of truncare to cut off, mutilate, from truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See Trunk.]

To cut off; to lop; to maim.

Truncate , adjective

[Latin truncatus, p. p. ]

Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.