Middle English Dictionary Entry
curtailen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | curtailen v. |
| Etymology | Cp. OF courtau(l)d shortened, docked (see OD curtal) & ME taillen cut (from OF). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To restrict or limit (succession to the throne).
Associated quotations
- (?c1471) Agree.Edw.IV in Camd.1060 : The statutes mad in the tyme of Kyng Herry the fowrth, wherby the croune was curtaylet to hys issu male.