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What does curtail mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word curtail? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
  2. (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
Noun
  1. (architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
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