curtail

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive)To cut short the tail of (an animal).

   “Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.”

2. (transitive)To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.

   “When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.”

3. (figuratively, transitive)To limit or restrict; to keep in check.

   “This is the rump of the C.L.C. branch to Southport Lord Street, which lost its passenger services beyond Aintree from January 7, 1952, whereupon the timetable between Gateacre and Aintree was greatly curtailed.”

   “The current Israeli government has been working to curtail and eliminate critical voices within Israeli society in recent years, particularly those fighting to end the occupation and expose human rights violations against Palestinians and marginalized communities.”

noun

1. A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.