CURTAILING
Verb
curtailing
present participle of curtail
Noun
curtailing (plural curtailings)
A cutting short; truncation.
Anagrams
• granulitic
Source: Wiktionary
CURTAIL
Cur*tail" (kr-tl"), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-tld"); p.pr. &
vb.n. Curtailing.] Etym: [See Curtal.]
Definition: 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.
Macualay.
Cur"tail (kr"tl), n.
Definition: The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
step, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition