Cur·tail v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtailed p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] 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. --Shak.
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay.