[f. CURTAIL v. + -MENT.] The action of curtailing, shortening, diminishing; abridgement.
1794. G. Adams, Nat. & Exp. Philos., I. p. ix. A curtailment of a few repetitions.
1830. Mackintosh, Eth. Philos., Wks. 1846, I. 44. A curtailment of gratification.
1878. Morley, Diderot, I. 167. The copies were returned to their owners with some petty curtailments.
