English-Estonian translations for curtail

• piirama
  Euroopa Parlament on olnud sunnitud tugevalt piirama sõjalise kasutuse võimalusi. The European Parliament has been forced to severely curtail the possibilities of military use.
  Viimastel aastatel on terrorismvastase võitluse sildi all üha rohkem põhiõigusi piirama hakatud. In recent years, more and more fundamental rights have been curtailed in the name of combating terror.

Definition of curtail

• To cut short the tail of an animal
• To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate
• To limit or restrict, keep in check
• A scroll termination, as of a step, etc

Examples

• Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
• When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.

Related words

• curtailing
• curtailed
• curtailment