| Curtail | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Curtailed p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing. ] [ See Curtal. ] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. [ 1913 Webster ] I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Curtail | n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Curtail dog | A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting. [ 1913 Webster ] Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Curtailer | n. One who curtails. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Curtailment | n. The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 削減 | [さくげん, sakugen] (n, vs) cut; reduction; curtailment; (P) #5,899 [Add to Longdo] |
| 縮小 | [しゅくしょう, shukushou] (n, vs, adj-no) reduction; curtailment; (P) #6,202 [Add to Longdo] |
| 抑制 | [よくせい, yokusei] (n, vs, adj-no) control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb; (P) #6,696 [Add to Longdo] |
| 削る(P);梳る | [けずる, kezuru] (v5r, vt) (1) to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; (2) to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down; (3) to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete; (P) #19,494 [Add to Longdo] |
| 間引き運転 | [まびきうんてん, mabikiunten] (n) curtailed transit schedule [Add to Longdo] |
| 間引く | [まびく, mabiku] (v5k, vt) to thin out; to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule [Add to Longdo] |
| 企業整備 | [きぎょうせいび, kigyouseibi] (n) curtailment of business operations [Add to Longdo] |
| 経費節約 | [けいひせつやく, keihisetsuyaku] (n, adj-no) curtailment of expenditure; financial retrenchment [Add to Longdo] |
| 削 | [さく, saku] (n) plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off; crossout; reduce; curtail [Add to Longdo] |
| 歯止め | [はどめ, hadome] (n, vs) (1) brake; skid; pawl; (2) restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit; check; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
