curtails

We have found lemma(root) word of curtails : curtail.

Definitions


[kəːˈteɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on
(e.g: civil liberties were further curtailed)


Phrases:

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 tail and perhaps also with French tailler ‘to cut’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries