Curtail /(kŭr*tāl")/

imp. & p. p. Curtailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing

1. 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.

   Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled.

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