Dictionary  cur•tailPronunciation: (kur-tāl'), [key] —v.t. to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish. cur•tailPronunciation: (kûr'tāl"), [key] —n. Archit. 1. a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing. 2. Also called cur'tail step". a starting step having a scroll termination to one or both ends of the tread. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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