CURTAIL
Cur"tail (kr"tl), n.
Defn: The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
CURTAIL DOG
Cur"tail dog` (d.
Defn: A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting. Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. Shak.
CURTAILER
Cur*tail"er (kr-tl"r), n.
Defn: One who curtails.
CURTAILMENT
Cur*tail"ment (kr-tl"ment), n.
Defn: The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.
CURTAIN Cur"tain (kr"tn; 48), n. Etym: [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.