curtail
A scroll termination, as of a step, etcA scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
» Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
Ihre Anstrengungen, Ausgaben einzudämmen, waren nicht ganz von Erfolg gekrönt.
Meaning
1 sensesA scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
Examples
7 sentencesTheir efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
deIhre Anstrengungen, Ausgaben einzudämmen, waren nicht ganz von Erfolg gekrönt. — Yorwba
Netanyahu wants to severely curtail the powers of the judiciary.
In this country, the freedom to browse the Internet is curtailed.
Sami's privileges were curtailed.
We can say that there's not a clear winner in terms of a policy to curtail medical expenses and benefits.
Origin
Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself fromAlteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault
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